School: Tobar Pádraig (roll number 4764)
- Location:
- Patrickswell, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Anraoi Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 231
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- Stories told by the late James McCarthy (Age 50 years).How Crecora Got Its Name.A boy and his mother were walking from Mainster to Limerick. They were very poor. At Crecora the woman got sick and the boy waited there with her. They waited there for three or four days, and then the mother died. The boy buried her there, and he put a branch on her grave 'as a token'. This branch grew, and from it Crecora got its name, i.e. Craob Comarta. Another explanation of the name gives it as Craob Cumra, i.e. the sweet-smelling branch.
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- James Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
