School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Cill Damháin, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 186
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- The Cooleen is a triangular piece of land about an acre and a a half in size. It has high ditches at each side. It is lonely on account of its unusual high ditches. It is in the Townsland of Kilcarry. It is a long way from the main road and is on the edge of a blind lane
- Gibbet Hill is a hill between te parish of Clonegal and the parish of Kilrush. In the Penal Times the yeomen put a Gibbet on the summit of that hill They used to hang the Catholics on this Gibbet or scaffold and leave them hanging there for a long time. They did this so the Catholics going to Mass could see them from all the country round and be afraid to go to Mass.
