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School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
M. Gúld
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 048

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  1. Names of Places in Wexford

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    Stone Bridge Lane
    Long ago the people in Wexford put a stone bridge across the Horse River and afterwards they called it Stone Bridge.
    Bride Street
    Long ago the people in Wexford built a church in a street and they called the church after St Bride. Then the street got called Bride Street.
    Gibson's Street
    Long ago a big family named Gibson's lived in the street and the street got called after the. Gibson's Street.
    Joseph Layne
    The Boker
    The Boker its name from an Bothar then is sometimes called St Joseph's Road (?)
    Grogan's Road (?)
    Long ago people lived in it and when he died it was called after him.
    Sinnotts Lane
    They called it Sinnott's
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward O' Neill
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