School: Tiobraid (roll number 9996)
- Location:
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Ciarmhaich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 179
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- Pairc Milis which means the sweet field is in our farm. There is a gate nearby called "Beal an geata" which means the mouth of the haunted gate. Many ghosts were seen there. There is a field in the district called "Paircin herc". It is called after a man who lived in it. There was an old road from Rathoneen castle to Abbeydorney. There was a man killed in it long ago. His ghost was often seen there. The fort where he was buried was called Tadgh Roe's fort. There was a parish priest in Ardfert in the Penal times. One day he was escaping from the soldiers. He jumped into a hole in the Demense. It was afterwards called the Minor hole. There is a field in the district called "Pairc na sgeac" which means the field of the bushes.
- Informant
- Mr James Fennerty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tubrid More, Co. Kerry
