School: An Clochar, Dún ar Aill (roll number 4268)
- Location:
- Dún ar Aill, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Na Mná Rialta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 230
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Nora Hunter, Doneraile Road Castletownroche.Material obtained from.
Mrs Morrissey, age 74 Convent Road, Doneraile.
Mrs Nora Fitzgibbon age 86 Main Street, Castletownroche1.
There are some townlands around this village of Castletownroche with Irish names. There is "Locna" called after two locks that are in the district. "Kilcummer" got its name from the meetings of the waters as the Awbeg meets the Blackwater there."Kilguane" got its name from a Saint that lived there long ago. "Ballyadeen" got its name from a great lady called Aideen. She was married to a grandson of the famous Oisin a leader of the great Fianna. "Convamore" also got its name from the Fianna as they were hunting the deer through these grounds. The deer crossed the river but in the hounds so doing they were drowned as there was a great flood in the river. There is a field called the Camp Field because Cromwell camped there.
- Collector
- Nora Hunter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dún ar Aill, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs Morrissey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Dún ar Aill, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs Nora Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Baile Chaisleáin an Róistigh, Co. Chorcaí
