School: Na Cnocáin (roll number 13150)
- Location:
- Knockanes, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bean Uí Spealáin Máiréad Ní Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 359
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Brewsterfield was not always caleld by this English name. The correct name of the place is Áth na Giolcaighe - the ford of the bezom or broom. At this ford in the River Flesk the broom grew abundantly long ago But when the English declared that Ireland would never be conquered as long as the leaves were on the trees there one Francis Brewster came over and smelted iron here (to use up the native timber and thus do away with the shelter for the outlaws)He named the place Brewsterfield but even in comparatively recent times it retained its name among(continues on next page)
