School: Cill Barúin (roll number 10595)

Location:
Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séan C. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 102

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    never been a fish killed in the pool since.
    Monk’s Ford. This is where the Monks used to cross the river. It is situated below the Eel Weirs at the Mickey’s Gap. It is below the Monk’s Ford. It was so called because an old man named Mickey made a pass down to the river.
    The “Tail of the Island” is below the townland of the Mullins.
    Clark’s Cot is on the other side of the point of the Mullins.
    Sod ditch is below “Cossnawanny”. It is a ditch made of sods.
    Mash Road is below “The Mullin House. It is said to have taken its name from a red clay hill above the pool.
    Nova Scotia. It was so called because it is always rough. It is below Mush Road.
    The Sally bush is a bush where sallies grow. It is below Mickey’s Gap. It was so called because sallies grow there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Viola Patton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knader, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    George Patton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knader, Co. Donegal