School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)

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   Garrownaglogh:-

   Garrdha-na-gCloch - the garden of the stones. It is locally called the Rocks, as the limestone crops up in many places in this townsland. In fact the limestone bed is very near the surface of the soil in many fields.

   
   Toberaughan:-

   Tobar-Aughan (St Augh's Well) This well is indicated on the 25" survey map. One well is given as St. Augh's, another as Toberaughan, both signifying the same founder or patron saint.

   
   Greenane:-

   this is a small field which according to tradition formed part of the ancient monastic grounds. It is supposed to have contained an underground cell where the monks used spend "three days and three nights" in fasting and prayer at stated times. This plot of land may have contained a house for visitors - also the "Grianán".

   
   Phonetic forms of place-names, which tradition has not interpreted:-

   Lehinch (stretch of land beside Lough Derg)
   Curragh (level district)
   Cornamult (Corr-na-Mult)
   Roran
   Shanakill (Sean Choill)
   Kyleanoe (Coill-an-Eo)
   Sheelruddera (Síol-Ridire)
   Lacken (Laicín)

   Slevoyre ( Sliabh-Odhar) brown hill, as given by Fr. Gleeson

   Toher (a roadway through bog-land)
   Killeen - Coillín

   Turavoggaun, Móinavoggaun, Teora a' Bheagán, (townsland which bounds the soft bog)

   Riasc - sedgy or marshy ground. This field has now been converted into fertile land.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Terryglass, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Brigid Parkinson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Slevoir, Co. Tipperary