School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)
- Location:
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Crosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 494
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- (continued from previous page)Tooreigh means the “The plain of the bittling”. Long ago the women used to bittle clothes in a stream which flows there.
There is a place close to my home district called Toorlegan meaning “The Plain of the Scratching Stone”. Long ago there were cows kept in that field and there was a scratching stone put for them.
Ballylanders meaning “The Town of Landers” is called after a man who lived there long ago and his name was Landers.
Close to my home district there is a place called Glenroe. The district got its name from “The Red Glen”.
Garryarthur means “The Garden of Arthur”. A man named Arthur used to have gardens in that district long ago.
There is a field in Corrogurm called Bawnapiper. This got its name because a piper was heard there long ago.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christina Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Postman
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
