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   The Valley of the Black Pig In Upper Dungimmon there is a field and in this field there is a valley which is called - The Valley of the Black Pig. If a person stood in this valley he could not see a half an acre of land around the country. It is said by the old people that the war between the Catholics and the Orangemen will be finished in this valley and that the Orangemen will be defeated there. Spioncop Spioncop is the name of a hill in our land. In the time of the Boer war in nineteen hundred this hill got its name. When the Boer War was raging in Africa there was a hill which they used to fight on and it was called Spioncop and this hill in our land is the same shape as the one in Africa. Glenmór Glenmór is the name of a field owned by Mr Nixon Mountprospect. It got this name because it is situated in a big glen. Geata Gorm Geata Gorm in Mountpallas gets its name from a big bue gate which was leading to the residence of Mr Rotherham. Ballakip Ballakip in Dungimmon gets its

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Garrysallagh (O'Reilly), Co. Cavan

   Collector

   Patrick J. O Reilly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tullyagan, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Patrick Smith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lismacanigan Upper, Co. Cavan