School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- (continued from previous page)and for a long time after that there was no scarcity of tea or sugar in CreevaghNote — Creevagh Hills is supposed to be the head quarters of the fairies in this district.
- About fifty yards from the school is a hollow behind the hills called Boat-Hollow. It is called this because it is shaped like a boat. A long time ago the boys of the district used to assemble in this hollow on fine Summer's evenings to kick football there or hurl. Old people tell us that one evening a number of boys were hurling ball(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lil Mannion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullaghbeg, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Elizabeth Mannion
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Tullaghbeg, Co. Offaly