School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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- (continued from previous page)Crann Padraig.
There is a tree in charles Berminghams field in Hill Patrick called Crann Padraif. It is growing over a well which is called St Patricks well and that is why it is called Crann Padraig. It is there hundreds of years now.
The Brick Park
There is a field near the Graveyard belonging to John Boland, Castletown called the Brick Park. It is called that because bricks were made long ago and it is situated near the road
Piper's Hill.
There is a hill in a field of Henry Rourkes in the Deer Park called Piper's Hill.
It is a tilling field and it is said that a fairy piper used to come out and play on it.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Richard Bracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Bracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly