1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Errew G.N.S.

School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

Location:
Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 06_002

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 06_002

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Errew G.N.S.
  2. XML Page 06_002
  3. XML “My Village”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. My Village (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    The village in which I live is called French Hill. It is about three miles from Castlebar.
    It gets its name from a skirmish which took place between the English and the French in the year 1798.
    After the Races of Castlebar the English were closely followed by the French, and on reaching French Hill they made a halt and after a skirmish four French solidiers died. A hundred years after a monument was erected in their honour and the inscription on it tells how they met their death. It is cone-shaped and about forty five feet in height.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    French Hill, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    May Lavelle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    French Hill, Co. Mayo