School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)
- Location:
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Ó Meachair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 097
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- (continued from previous page)road. It probably means "Gleann-gháig". The road is low-lying with the fields rising abruptly on each side of it. Hence the name.
"Bóitrín na scoile" is really only a portion of the road which runs through Luffany. "Boreen na scoile is the bit of the road which leads to a few houses outside the village of Luffany. The name probably suggests that there was a school there is olden times.
Just about the village of Licketstown there is a bank which is a short cut to Moonveen and Glengrant. At the end of the bank there is a bosheen which is called "bosheen a hocka". This may come from "Boichrín an t-Salachair". The field-name Bawn-a-hocka (Bán an t-salachair) also occurs in the vicinity.
Whether above derivations are correct or not it is certain that local inhabitants looked upon these names as contemptuous if not vulgar.
- Collector
- John Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
