School: Tomghéis (roll number 9239/9277)
- Location:
- Tumgesh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0123, Page 112
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- Tomghéis (Tumgesh).
Míniú na h-ainimne :— Fadó thagadh ealaí ó Baile an Curraigh go dtí an áit seo, agus chuireadar fútha ar tom no oileán atá i lár na h-aibhne ann (An Mhuaidh). Rithean an abha seo tríd an baile seo. Sin é an fáth gur tugadh Tomghéis ar an áit seo (dá réir Naipí Nádharaigh, bean a chómhnuigheann in-aice na scoile).
Mo thuairim féin :— Tá Tomghéis cosamhail le tom i gcaoi seo :— Tá a lán puirt san áit agus tá an port thart timcheall ar an mbaile, seacas ar an taobh thiar. Tá an Mhuaidh ar an taobh thiar. ’Sé tom piosa talmhan i lár talmhan eile agus sa bhrigh go bhfuil an port ar an taobh thuaidh de’n baile — an talamh toirceamhail — b’feidir gurbh é sin an fáth gur tugad Tomghéis air. Tom agus dheas no dheis. Níl mé acht ag déanamh buaille fá thuairim annseo; níl me cinnte acht ar caoi ar bith, theip orm an míniú de “ghéis” a fhághail amach. Deirtear annseo gur swan no eala é.There is a fort in the village in which there seems no opening, but in a sandpit about a hundred yards away, there is an opening, showing an underground flagged passage, leading to the fort.
Are there any children buried here? (No).
Lisloughna a village on the north east of Tumgesh, is so called from the fact that there is a fort there on which wild-ducks often rest.
- Cloontubrid is a village also on the north-east and is(continues on next page)
