School: Tobar (C.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Uí Thóirdhealbhaigh
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- Kilfoylan
The meaning of Kilfoylan is, that Saint Foylan built a church there hundreds of years ago. It is not known where the church was built but perhaps it was in a field called "the church fields". Joseph Higgins my father is the owner of the field. There is seven acres of land in it. One time when a man was digging there he dug up the side of a coffin. My great grandfather ?Its? would not sow potatoes there for he did so one time and they could not be eaten on account(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary B. Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr F. Bermingham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilfoylan, Co. Offaly