School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)

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1. My Own Townland (continued)

   

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   district killed a pig without their permission when they would hear of it they would come and take it away they would keep and the meat themselves. They lived there for a long time but they are all dead now.
   Before the Plummer’s came the townland was called Killilagh and this is its right name. The word Killilagh means the hill of burying because little children died before being baptised are buried there. There are about thirty families living there but there were more people living there long ago buy many are dead. and others are gone to live in other places. There are signs of ? some of the houses there as yet. There were a few

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Mountplummer, Co. Limerick

   Collector

   Julia O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killilagh, Co. Limerick