School: Rush (B.) (roll number 7624)
- Location:
- Rush, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Henry Moriarty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 26
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- Rush:- The word Rush means the point of the yew trees because years ago it was covered with yew trees.
Burkeen:- It is a hill between Rush and Skerries. The work burkeen means "a little hump."
Barnhill:- It is a hill between Rush and Loughshinny. It is so called because there was a cairn there long ago.
Loughshinny:- Is a small fishing village. It is so called because it means the hollow of the foxes.
Knightstown:- It is so called because it means the town of the Knight.
Balrothery:- It also means the town of the Knight.
Drumanagh:- it is so called because it means a ridge of earth running through the field.
Tubber-Colleen:- It means the well of the little girls. It is situated on the South Shore.
Rooney's Bottoms:- It is a small field on the Skerries Rd with a stream running through it, owned by a family called Rooneys.
Giants Grave:- It was a mound of burial ground on the North Banks. There was opened a grave a couple of years ago and an urn was found with burnt bones in it. It was allowed it must have been a giants grave.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Monks
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rush, Co. Dublin
