School: Doirín Dáimh Dheirg / Dereendafderg (roll number 13469)
- Location:
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Liam Seóighe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090D, Page 02_048
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- (continued from previous page)(an old grave), Ballinvoash ( place of death ) We have other place names such as Sarnaught (bare ridge), Baile na nÉan (Home of the birds), Turlough (dry lake) Béal Easa ( the mouth of the waterfall) There is not a place name in Ireland which has not its own meaning.Many eminent men such as Dr Joyce of Limerick and Geoffrey Keating in the fifteenth century entered in their diary various explanations which they received from people through the country concerning certain place names. Then a book was issued which contained all these facts in brief. A work like this is invaluable to a country as it puts before the minds of the people scenes from past history, and helps(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Ging
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire an Daimh Dheirg, Co. Mhaigh Eo
