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School: Island Parish

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Ballina, Co. Offaly
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Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 387

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  1. Local Place Names (continued)

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    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.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joseph Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Offaly