School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 071

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    river and hill knock na-Súire was named. Ryan's field was once owned by a family named Ryan, who were evicted from their possessions. In the field known as Carrigin is a large stone from which the field was probably named.
    Then we have the wild-grove, ice-house, wood, and Maloney's wood. The wild grove is almost surrounded by water. It can scarcely be entered in Summer. Brambles and bushes are growing in plenty in the wild grove. The ice-house wood is named from the ice- house in which the people put ice on meat to keep it fresh. Maloney's wood takes its name from a family, Maloney, who lived in Johnston.
    There are two lakes near Johnstown- Poulawee and the Black Lough. There is a small river flowing out of a larger one in Johnstown called the "brave" or ("Craol.."?). In knockna - cahair there is a stile known as the 'white stile'. There are supposed to be
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Johnstown, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Sara Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larkin's Hill, Co. Tipperary