School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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“Castleknock is called Cnuca.”
Castlekock is called Cnuca. At the present time beside the Collage the ruins of the castle can still be found. A good many years a go during the time of Finn MacCumall. Finn and Con had an argument as to who owned the castle. They decided to have a battle.
Both armies had to come half way and so they met at Castleknock. Finn was killed and Con won the battle.- Transcription guide »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.
- Collector
- Rita Purcell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Michael Purcell
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin