School: Cill Rosanta (C.), Coill Mhic Thomáisín
- Location:
- Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhaoláin
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- One time the people of Fews were swapping cattle with the people of Kerry. They quarrelled over the cattle, and they decided to fight a battle. This was a terrible battle. Many people were killed in it, there were twenty one "John Power's" killed in this besides the others.
These dead are buried in a borheen in Kilfown near "Mahon Bridge".- Collector
- Peggie Keating
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Keating
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Mahon Bridge, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Patrick Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Address
- Croughtanaul (Marquis), Co. Waterford