School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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- (continued from previous page)townland of Slade is now owned by Mr. Codd. "Meagher's Field" which is situated in the townland of Rosetown is now owned by Mr. Murphy.
The Cricket Field is the name given to a field in Yoletown because cricket was played in it long ago, and the Football Field is the name given to a field in Milltown because football was played there. Tug-o-war is a name given to a field in Ashfield because tug-o-war was played there in former times. In the townland of Walshe;s Lough there is a hollow known as "Murder Hollow." It gets its name from the local belief that in Cromwell's time hundreds of people were supposed to have bene murdered there.
There is a field called "The Chapel Park" in the townland of Rathmore. It gets this name because mass was said in a church which is in ruins in the field in the Penal Days.
Ella Doyle,
Ballyconnor,
KilraneName and address of person from whom information was obtained;
Stephen Ferguson,
Tenacre,
Kilrane- Collector
- Ella Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyconor Big, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Stephen Ferguson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tenacre, Co. Wexford