School: Church Hill, Cuffe's Grange (roll number 5927)
- Location:
- Church Hill, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Floinn
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- There is a moat near my house in the townsland of Burnchurch It is in a high field overlooking the other fields. It is also very high itself. It is very unlevel on the top. In some places there are heights & rocks.
On the west side of it there is a big granite rock laid against moat. This is supposed to conceal the enterance. There was a man living in it whose name was Johnny Lodge, a great fiddler. This rock fell down on the enterance and shut __ inside. It is supposed what he was heard fiddling there.
There is a lane going down to a farmeres residinence on one side of it. On the edge(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nicholas Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybur, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Mc Evoy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Ballybur, Co. Kilkenny