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School: Stonehall, Cora Caitlín

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Stonehall, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Páidraig Mac Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 380

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    Gairtín
    Gort na Claise
    Gort a radhairc in Ballycar.
    Gort na Claiseann on Moylan's land Cahertigue.
    Gort a Gartha.
    Granahan-on the road to
    Fenloe.Mr Hewitt lives here .
    Gregan's Forge -about a mile and a half from Newmarket on Fergus on the Carrigoran road.Father Murph who played a heroic part in the fight for Catholic Emancipation was born here.On the day of his birth a hawthorn bush was planted here.The bush withered the day of his death.He is buried in Corofin.The new G.A.A field in Newmarket on Fergus is a monument to his memory.
    Father Murphy's father was a smith..He fought in Wexford in the rebellion of 1797.After the fight he returned to Clare and went to work with a smith named Mc Namara of Clonmoney.He married one of the Mc Namaras and they came to live at Gregan's Forge where Father Murphy was born.
    Father Murphy's mother was a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Stonehall, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Joe Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare