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School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen

Location:
Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 045

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    My Home District.
    My home district is situated in the Parish of Dunhill in the Baronry of Iffa and Offa West. My home is built in the Townsland of Ballylomasna. At one time a man Lomasna lived there and it was so called after him. On the farm there are many fields. One field is called the Fort field because in it is a heap of clay called a Fort which in by-gone days was noted for fairies. It at one time took up half the field and the farmer that owned it thought it a great lot of waste and he made an effort to dig it and showing that it is not right to interfear with it he did not live to finish the digging. Another
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballynomasna, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Mary Tobin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynomasna, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynomasna, Co. Tipperary