School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 13_006

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  1. Our townland goes by the name of Newtown because it is not old. Bother-gláss because it us coloured green. Knocknageeha because it is a windy hill. There is a flag in Knocknageeha and it is about twelve feet long and ten feet wide. It is remarkable because there is a print of a bare foot, the knee, and the ferrule of a cane. The old people say that some Saint knelt there to pray and it is called the of the track. Drumandura is called by that name because of the river that
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Peppard
    Gender
    Male