School: Na Cnocáin (roll number 13150)

Location:
Na Cnocáin, Co. Chiarraí
Teachers:
Bean Uí Spealáin Máiréad Ní Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 359

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 359

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  1. Brewsterfield was not always caleld by this English name. The correct name of the place is Áth na Giolcaighe - the ford of the bezom or broom. At this ford in the River Flesk the broom grew abundantly long ago
    But when the English declared that Ireland would never be conquered as long as the leaves were on the trees there one Francis Brewster came over and smelted iron here (to use up the native timber and thus do away with the shelter for the outlaws)
    He named the place Brewsterfield but even in comparatively recent times it retained its name among
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    Location
    An Ghiolcach, Co. Chiarraí