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School: Bloomhill

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Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
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C. Nic Annraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 407

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 407

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    (3) The Clonngowne River.
    (4) Claffey's Drain
    (5) Larry's drain ( This marks the boundary between West Meath and Offaly )

    HOLLOWS
    (1) Bennets Hollow.
    (2) Gleann na sruth.
    (3) Morans hollow
    (4) Gleann na Lacka
    (5) The Hollows ( in Bally-Duff )

    HEIGHTS
    (1) The Pinnacle
    (2) Ben Tullow hill ( near Clonmacnoise )
    (3) Bishop hill ( Cloniderg )
    (4) Pipers hill ( Clonasgra )
    (5) The long hill ( Clonascra ) ( Here tinkers used quarrel )
    (6) Sean-bhalla (Clonascra )
    (7) Clon-concra ( Clonascra )
    (8) The Hanging HIll ( Clonascra )
    ( Where people used by hung. There is a tree to be seen and on this tree are the tracks of the hangman's rope )
    (10) The Dead Man's ( In Clonasgra. Here skulls were discovered)
    (11) Shehans Hill ( Ballyduff )
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly