School: Ceathrú an Chalaidh
- Location:
- Carraholly, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brian Mac Aodhgáin
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- (continued from previous page)Drumgarive is the rough back of the hill, in Irish Drum-garbh.
Mayour from the Irish magh-úr the new or fresh plain. The valley of Mayour was drained by the river Mayour which flows above the level of the land to the sea. The sea and river filled this valley once.
Ballour is the name given to where the houses are built in Mayour. Ballour means Newtown, in Irish Baile-úr.
Mucklagh from the Irish muc-loch, a common for pigs.
Cloonkeen from the Irish Cluain a meadow and caoin fair or pleasant.
Krukasprika from the Irish, cnoch na spríce, the hill with the sharp point.
Knockballagh from the Irish Cnoc Ballach, the speckled hill or the boulder hill.
Cruknavanlamon means the hill between the two lakes, so the old residents say, and Irish that yourself. The true meaning is from the Irish croch na Bhfhánlachmban the hill of the(continues on next page)
