School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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- (continued from previous page)named Moynihan from Crecord. (It was built in 1855) - Pat Allen. (Comgendum: It was the Moynihans who built it - masons)
There was a coach-stop at the back of O'Donnell's "orchard" (Mrs. Catherine O'Donnell Caherduff Manister). There is a big pile of stones there yet. The coach road came in by Carmody's (now Donovan's Caherduff) up by the orchard, down by Lockcasey and on by Ballycahane to Limerick through Feeroo. (Pat. Allen.)
"They say there was a castle there one time" Michael O Donnell Caherduff, referring to the big "pile of stones" at the "coach stop")Skule (or Shkule) is a district in the parish of Fedamore and near "Sweet Ballinagarde", one time a very beautiful place, Croker's residence. The following will speak for itself:-
Where Shkule is now, or rather where it was, for if a Skule man got up (from his grave) he wouldn't know it now, was a commonage one time. The Shkule people came into that commonage in the dark of the night and took possession of it and held it. When the people (natives) got up in the morning there were the strangers, men women and children settled down in the commanage. They had the queerest little houses you ever saw, some of them were up on the top of the turf bank, while more of them were cut in underneath the bank to make dug-outs there. Twas one of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Daithí Ó Ceanntabhail
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
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- Dick Butler
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Edward O Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Limerick
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- Joe Costelloe
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- Male
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- Miss Finnerty
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- National múinteoir
- Address
- Croom, Co. Limerick
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- Miss Guare
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Hederman
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- Female
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- Pat Allen
- Gender
- Male
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- William O Connell
- Gender
- Male