Local Place Names
CBÉS 0539
Leathanach 057
one of the Bathcock family would die. That continued year after year until the whole family was wiped out.
There is another field near the Guilligán field and it is called the Guilligán Court field. In the middle of this field stands a large wood. There is the foundation of an old Court in this wood. This old court was once the residence of one of the Kings of Munster. After the battle of the Boyne when the British forces were marching to Limerick they passed by this old Court and one of their generals ordered its destruction. Nothing now remains only a round mound which is about one hundred feet in circumference. Within a hundred yards of this mound there is a beautiful little graveyard called the Coill graveyard. A good many of my neighbours are buried in this graveyard.
There is another field near Birdhill and it is called the Bang Up field. It is presently owned by Mr. Gleeson of Birdhill. Its original owner was the late Captain Twiss of Birdhill. The history attached to this field is worth relating. Captain Twiss was in poor circumstances at this time.
He asked a man named Murnane to lend three hundred pounds for a certain time day and hour. He gave the field to Murnane as a garrantee that he give back the money on a certain day. At length the day came and Captain Twiss came
There is another field near the Guilligán field and it is called the Guilligán Court field. In the middle of this field stands a large wood. There is the foundation of an old Court in this wood. This old court was once the residence of one of the Kings of Munster. After the battle of the Boyne when the British forces were marching to Limerick they passed by this old Court and one of their generals ordered its destruction. Nothing now remains only a round mound which is about one hundred feet in circumference. Within a hundred yards of this mound there is a beautiful little graveyard called the Coill graveyard. A good many of my neighbours are buried in this graveyard.
There is another field near Birdhill and it is called the Bang Up field. It is presently owned by Mr. Gleeson of Birdhill. Its original owner was the late Captain Twiss of Birdhill. The history attached to this field is worth relating. Captain Twiss was in poor circumstances at this time.
He asked a man named Murnane to lend three hundred pounds for a certain time day and hour. He gave the field to Murnane as a garrantee that he give back the money on a certain day. At length the day came and Captain Twiss came