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School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

Location:
Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 275

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 275

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    lighted on the top of the hill on the 29th of June.
    Carroll’s Cross. Owned by Jim McCormac Carrowkeel. It got its name because a man named Carroll was coming from threshing with a horse power. The power horse pulled to graze on the side of the road, he turned the car and the was killed.
    Caltra. Owned by Pat Fox Old Road
    It got its name because in olden times there was a churchyard there.
    Tullamore hill. Owned by Mike Kellys farm Backroad.
    It got its name because the old people say you can see Tullamore from the top of the hill.
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
    Collector
    John Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Maggie Pillion
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly