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School: Thomastown Convent (roll number 16028)

Location:
Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An tSr M. Lelia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858, Page 031

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    from Goll Mac Morna who is supposed to have remained in this district in the time of Finn Mac Cool.
    Hollows.
    "Baile Camáin" in the townsland of Bennettsbridge in the barony of Gowran in the Parish of Tulaherin. It means the town of the hurles, and it is so called because hurling was played there.
    Old Rocks.
    "An Líogán", the Hollow Stone, in the townsland of Legan, in the barony of Gowran, in the Parish of Thomastown, got it's name because of a deep hollow in the centre of the stone.
    "Doyle's Rock" in the townsland of Brownesbarn, in the Parish of Thomastown, in the barony of Gowran, got it's name from it's former owner "Doyle".
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Nellie Stapleton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Legan, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr Stapleton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Legan, Co. Kilkenny