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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 315

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    The castle-park: There is an old ruin
    of Blakes castle in that field.
    Múinín: because it is soft ground.
    Cruach bán: grass here is not green but a kind of white.
    Rusán: because there are a lot of bushes and firs growing there.
    Plantation: because it was not tilled for a long time and there were growing there.
    Garrdha Chíargán: because it belonged to the Kerrigans.
    Páirc na reitheamhach: the ram-park where Blake kept a
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo