School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 601
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- There was a forge near Bally Bacaugh long ago. It was in the parish of Kilmaine. It was built in a road behind the village. The road is called “borheen na Ceardrain.” It was a small thatched house. The Heneghans that built the forge. There is a small well near the the forge and it is called “Tobar Éanachain.” In that well they used to tighten the tyres for the neighbours.
Críoch.
- Tá go leór cómhartha ag na sean daoine faoí an aimsear.
1. Má labrann an cuach ró luath ar chrann gan duilleabhan bheidh droch aimsear(continues on next page) - Collector
- Íde Ní Oileán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilkeeran, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Seán Ó Oileán
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilkeeran, Co. Mayo
