School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh
- Location:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 286
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- 1. Person who told it:- Mrs. Kennedy
2. Address:- Bawn House, Nenagh.
3. Age:- 82 yrs.
4. Occupation:- Farmer.
5. Who told her:- Remembers it herself
6. Address:- ---
7. To Whom Told:- Ita Hayes (13 yrs)
8. Address: Ad Supra.About two miles outside Nenagh in the Parish of Ballinaclough there is a field called "Gibbet Hill".
The story goes that long ago there were two men one a coachman and the other a yardman in Bailey Farm. The two men never agreed.
It happened, that this day they met one another in a field and the coachman got angry and he killed the yardman and he threw him into a dyke.
The coachman was Bright and the field where he killed the yardman was called Brights park after him.
Bright fled to England then, and he was noticed for a slang word. A man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ita Hayes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Bawn, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Bawn, Co. Tipperary
