near Wheatley's farm. Reputed to be haunted. Also called 'The Druids Circle'. People claim to have seen lights here at night - small twinkling lights. This is never tilled or cultivated in any way and has never been investigated as far as is known locally.
The Castle. Name of Mr. Lev Greenes homestead in Castlemacadam. In bygone days a castle stood near the site of this house. A family of MacAdam or Adam lived here in the castle & so the townland got it's name - Castle mac adam.
Behind the house is a wall running down to Old Castlemacadam graveyard. This wall was built of stones taken from the ruins of the old castle - no trace of which is visible now. Mrs Greene owns an iron canon ball - about the size of an orange found in the old ruins, and up to recently had a button inscribed either Avoca Militia or Castlemacadam Militia, with a certain date inscribed on it. This button cannot be found now. Five generations of Mrs Greenes relations - Tukes - have lived in this house. The family - this branch of it - has practically disappeared now.
This account was given by Mrs. Mary Greene, The Castle, Avoca. Summer of 1934. Age about 47 years. Born & reared in Castlemacadam House, Avoca.

Nell's Path. A path & stile leading from Castlemacadam down unto the Woodenbridge Road. This path runs between Griffins' land of Castlemacadam & Greene's of The Castle. Who Nell was nobody seems to know.
The Devils Horse. A large rock in the townland & farm of Knock-na-mo-hill, on lands of Mr Edward Johnson of Avoca. Broad at base & sharp at apex. Six or seven people could sit astride this large rock. [sketch]
The Hill Picket. See p13. Name given to steep & hilly road from Castlemacadam school up to townlands of Kilqueeney, Ballygahan, Ballinamona & Killeagh & Round O.
The Frost Lands. Fields lying between Ballyarthur wood & Ballinacor road. Owned by Mr Matt Dunne. N.T. Avoca. So called because very little sun reaches them & so the frost & snow remains here longer than other places.
Kill-a-body Lane. A long narrow lane behind Wynne's of Tigroney. From this one can reach the Spink.

There are about si graveyards in use in this parish. Their names are. Conary, Castlemacadam. Barniskery. Redcross. Templerainy. KilmagigConary is a protestant graveyard. There is a church and a school in the grave yard. There is threes growing in itCastlemacadam was a catholic and protestant grave yard. Now they have made a new one for the protestants. It is near the old one there is a church there. The catholics are buired in the old oneKilmagig is a catholic grave yard there is two ways going up to it the lane is the shortest way to it. It is kept very cleanBarniskey and Redcross are catholic

Cros Teidhgh
In the year 1793, the yeomen had their barracks where the Station House is now. One morning the yeos went out on their horses. When they were going past the cross roads at Castlemacadam they saw a little boy about fourteen years of age. The yeos dismounted and asked the boy if he was a Catholic or a Protestant and he said he was a Catholic. They brought him to a tree which is growing beside Mr Lowery's garage near the village. They got a rope and put a loop on it and put it round the boys neck. Then they put him standing on a horse and made the horse gallop and left the poor boy hanging on the tree ( known as the Hanging Tree now ) to die. Fortunately his father was up in the wood, watching all this and when the yeos had gone he went down as quickly as he could ( for he was a very old man ) to save his son. When he got down to the tree which the boy was still hanging on he got out his pen-knife and cut the rope and lifted the boy down. When

The village at Avoca was always called Newbridge up to some years ago, when it was changed to Avoca. There must have been no village here before the bridge was built. In olden times there was a ford lower down the river between Balanagh and Castlemacadam. This was on the ancient highway from Dublin to Wexford. Cromwell and his soldiers crossed by this ford in 1690 that is nearly two hundred and fifty years ago, when they destroyed the castle. The river that flows through the valley from the Meetings to Arklow is called the river Avoca from which Avoca got its name.Avoca was a very prosperous place in old times with two mines working sulphur copper and ochre. It employed upwards a thousand men and had its market called the rock market. The miners had a football team which won all before them, and had their own fife and drum band.Avoca has a great many beauty spots such as the Mottie stone from which you could see Wales on a clear day. Also the Bellrock so called because a bell used to ring to bring the miners to work. There are a good many old families living around Avoca yet, and the Banshee cries when any member of the family is going to die. There is a nice big church R.C. (?) which the miners built

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An old road ran from Templelusk - over the hill - from Shirley's of Templelusk and came out on the Ballinamona road about 1/4 mile or less from the Round O. About 400 yards from the Round O. see P 273 traces of this old road can still be seen. This road was made by a man named Whaley from Whaley Abbey. (See Hill Picket. p 5. 13) for his own convenience. This man was noted for his great horses, and spent part of his time touring England and France.II
An old road from Castlemacadam N.S. to the main Avoca - Woodenbridge road. Part of this road is known as Nell's Path p. 5.III
On page 8 is described another old road in Knockenree.

Name - Phonetic Form - Origin
Knocknamohill - Cnoch na mbuachaill - Knock na mokeill - Gan Fhios
Parknashaw - Páirc na seabhaigh - Pauirk na shaw - Evidently this Páirc was of more than ordinary importance. Possibly the field of the warriors or heroes - displays of gasguairt. Seabhach = hero or warrior.
Ballinapark - Baile na páirc - Balla na pauirk - Ballinapark adjoining refers apparently to an pháirc ceadna.
Castlemacadam - Caisleán Mhic Adaim - Castle mc adam - The Norman castle here was the scene of many sanguiary encounters beiween the Native chieftains and the Normans. It was taken and retaken many times. Finally destroyed by Cromwell 1649. (see Historic Sect)
(note: There may have been some connection between the Páirc and An caisleán which it overlooks.

In Arklow barony- north by Ballykive (Ui Cadhain) and CastlemacAdam (east) Arklow south and Kilpipe (west)
4087 acres Tithes £112.10.0 go to Rev.Ed.Simple, Rector, Balykillageer.
Is 1400 feet above sea 4miles x 2.5 Irish.Places of Worship:
Ballintemple E.C. near entrance to present Hurley's farm;
Ballykillageer R.C. Glebe House Coolgreaney
2 school houses Ballykillageer, close to R.C. chapel and Ballintemple.
Antiquities: ruins of church and cemetry in Ballintemple and ruins of R.C. chapel 4 chains south of Ballycoogue House.
Ballintemple church is in S.E. side of Ballintemple townland and another also in ruins in the centre.
Ballintemple school is also in the South -central south part by the side of the road- a neat slated building in good repair, built in 1827. 33 on rolls, 16 are protestant, rest are R.C. 20 males and 13 females.

GLENART = Gleann Airt ( pron., Glanart)GARRANAGOWLAN = Gearra na nGabhlán (plural.BALLINAMONA = Baile na móna (gen., fem..)TEMPLEUSK = Teampall-loisce (pron., loc,. Tampull-usk)KNOCKNAMOHILL = Cnoch na mbuachaill.PARKNASHAW = Pairch na seabhaighBALLINAPARK = Baile na pairce (gen., sing.,)CASTLEMACADAM = Caisleán mich adam.BALLYMONEEN = Baile móinínKILQUEENY = CilleBALLYGAHAN = Baile gathainCRONEMORE = Cróghan-mór.RAHENVINE = Rath an bhinn (gen of beann)KILCASHEL = Cille-casilKNOCKENODE = Cnoch an fhóid (gen. sing.,)COOLAFLAKE = ?SLIEVNAVODE = Sliebhe na bfód (gen pl., compareCONARY = Conair-fhraoigh ?KILMACOOCRONEBANE = CROGHAN BÁNTIGRONEY KNOCKENREE = Cnoch an fhraoigh (gen., sing fraoch).BALLINVALLEY = Baile an bhealaigh (gen., sing of bealach)