School: Drom an Eargail, Áth Treasna (roll number 10361)
- Location:
- Drom an Aragail, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 259
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- (continued from previous page)They are very warm boots for the feet but they are bad for travelling on road or elsewhere.
The clogs are made of Black Alder. Clogs were made in the Island Wood.
Alder grows in wet place.
- There is a castle in CastleMcAuffife
It is on the right bank of the river Dalua.
It is in the townland of Castle McAuffife, the parish of Newmarket, in the Co of Cork, and in barony of Duhallow, it is about a half a mile from Newmarket the stones of it were taken to build Alworths court, in Newmarket, and more of the stones taken to build Woodview House.
This castle is gone to ruin since the time of Cromwell.
There are many castles and churches gone to ruin, I know two churches, Clonfert, Kilmeen is my burial graveyard.
It is situated on a hill. It is there all my relations are buried, the kinds of trees that are growing in it are yew trees and evergreen trees(continues on next page)
