School: Turloch (roll number 10286)

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   hills, and on this account is said to be at the back of the sun. Windsor gets its name from a Castle the McAlpines built there. They called it Windsor Castle after the Royal residence in England. Colonel McAlpine, the last occupier, sold his property to the C.D.B. and it is now divided up into holdings, and the castle has been levelled to the ground. Part of this village is called Clogher because it is filled with huge masses of rock. There is a bog near it called Seantalam. Part of the village of Gortnafolla is called Drimdaff. It takes name from the ridge of hills running through the centre of it, which are covered with ferns and heather. Cloonkesh, Cloontibrid, Cloonagleragh, Killard, Ballyguinn, Knockanour and Meelick are villages near the school in

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
      2. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   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