School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 077](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0835%2FCBES_0835_077.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 077
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Portlaoighse (Convent)
- XML Page 077
- XML “Old Crafts”
- XML “Place Names”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)and so forth. The cost of these whips was about one or two shillings. The were plaited with their hands and a knife was used for skinning the horse. These whips were made by hand from the earliest time until about the year 800 a.d.
- There are many fields around Portlaoighise, and there is a certain name for each field, such as, The Ridge Field, The Closh Field, The Back Field, The High Field, and many others.
There is also a well not far form Portlaoighise and it is known as Brigid's well. It is so(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Reddin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockmay, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr Reddin
- Address
- Knockmay, Co. Laois