1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile an Ridire

School: Baile an Ridire (roll number 7887)

Location:
Knight's Town, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Mac Mágha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0479, Page 055

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0479, Page 055

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile an Ridire
  2. XML Page 055
  3. XML “Place Names of Valentia - Headlands”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Place Names of Valentia - Headlands (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Feaghmaan:-

    Fogher Cliffs - Fóir - a protected place or Fóthair - forest

    Dohilla:-
    Reenadrolaun Point - Rinn a' Dróláin
    Reengarriv Point - Rínn Garbh - Rough Point

    Glanleam:-
    Murreagh Point - Muirigheach - sandy soil by the sea-shore

    Fort Point:-
    is the point on which in lighthouse is built. Written as "Fort Point" on charts. Cromwell's soldiers built a fort there and it takes its name from that. The lighthouse is sometimes called "Cromwell Point lighthouse.
    This point is generally called "Seithe" by the old people.

    Coarhabeg:-
    Beenakryra Head - Binn na gCreidhreac
    Creidhreac is a fish with bright-red scales. This particular fish is found in large quantities around this headland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Knight's Town, Co. Kerry