School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)

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1. The Local Roads (continued)

   

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   There is a well in Gurtroe called Saint Bartholomew's Well, and long ago, the people used pay "rounds" there. There is a path going into it. It is said that there was a fence built around it in one night

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   The townland in which I live in is called Inchiclough. It is in the parish of Kilmacomogue, and the Barony of Bantry. There are three families living there. There are twenty five people living there. Keane is the family name most common. Inchiclough means the "Inch of the Stones," because there were a lot of stones there in olden times. The roofs of the houses are slated. There are two old women living in the townland, and they can tell stories in Irish. Their names

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nono Mahony

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Inchiclogh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs O' Mahony

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   46

   Address

   Inchiclogh, Co. Cork