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School: Turloch (roll number 10286)

Location:
Turlough, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0120, Page 159

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    Turlough school is in Keelogues Parish. The Parish of Turlough is on the other side of the road. Cill dá-chomóg is the correct name for Keelogues. It takes its name from an old Church which was built near two bends in the Manulla river. Some of the old people say it got its name from a monastery which stood in Keelogues cemetery, in which there was a monk who had two crooked feet. St Patrick founded the first Church in Keelogues. It was then called Cill Iog. The Parish of Turlough gets its name from the Church St Patrick founded in Turlough village. The two parishes have been united and separated on numerous occasions. They were under the jurisdiction of the Arch-bishop of Armagh until the twelfth century. Gortnafolla, Turlough, Leckneen, Ballynew, Rockfield,
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Turlough, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mary Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    M. J. Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    60
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Turlough, Co. Mayo