School: Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine (roll number 10991)
- Location:
- Garraí Dúlas, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0518, Page 117
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“There is a hill in the County Limerick called the Hill of Derk.”
There is a hill in the County Limerick called the Hill of Derk. It is a very high hill and old people say that in the penal times Mass was celebrated there. Two holes bored into the stones show where the candles were held. A few years ago a man named Denis Harty found a big crucifer re when digging a trench. The name Derk is got from Dearg, the Irish word for "red", as the country around is very bare.
A place near Derk is called Firmanagh, the "County of the Monks."
- Collector
- Bridget Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloch an Riadaigh, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Patrick Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Scrag, Co. Luimnigh