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1. The Place Name of Inis Cara

   

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   The Place-Name of Inniscarra

   It can be stated without fear of correction that there is no country in the world more redolent in folk-lore than Ireland. Tales of prowess and victory, of famine and disaster of might men, giants and leprechauns, have been handed down to us from the most distant ages of the past. Some of these are so old that they have become like fairy stories, and sometimes it is very difficult to sort out the trains of truth that are hidden beneath so much fanciful matter, which was added on from time to time throughout the many centuries that have elapsed since the events took place.

   Folk-lore and legend of this description very naturally leave some trace in the names of places and districts. Sometimes, of course, the nature of

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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Suíomh

   Inishcarra, Co. Cork

   Bailitheoir

   Eileen O' Brien

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Masseytown, Co. Cork

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mary Walton

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Macroom, Co. Cork