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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 08_030

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    Around the village of Kells there is a great many ancient names on fields, streams, hights, and bushes. There is one field called the Bawn, convenient to the hight which is called the moat. This field was once the barrick square of soldiers or place where soldiers used to drill. To the present day the ruins or remains of the barracks can be
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máirín Ní Longáin
    Other names
    Máirín Ní Longáin
    Maureen Lanigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr John Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Kellsborough, Co. Kilkenny