School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 613
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- (continued from previous page)with the forths.
I got the above information from Patrick Brennan,
John Brennan Tulrahan .
- Cnoch na gceann and Mulkeen's forth. Cnoch na gceann means the hill of the hill of the heads and it got its name because it said that a king lived there and he had two heads. Mulkeen's forth and Cnoch na gceann can be seen from one another. There is a hawthorn bush growing on Mulkeen's forth. It is said that if you went round that forth three times you would go a stray. Cnoch na gceann is about twenty feet high and in the middle there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Delia Lyons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Redhill, Co. Mayo
