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School: Scoil an Churnánaigh, Caisleán Nua Thiar

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Newcastle, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0488, Page 268

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    The English soldiers were looking for a meeting place but failed to locate it.

    Bóithrín na Plagha:-
    This place got its name from the famine days. The dead bodies of the district of Newcastle West were thrown into a big pit at this place. A big cart went around the town twice daily to bring the dead bodies to the pit. The Irish people then called it Bóithrín na Plágha or the road of the plague.

    Tournafulla:-
    The tower of the blood. This name was given to it because there was a battle there long ago and the wall of the tower
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Newcastle, Co. Limerick