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School: Clochar (roll number 13296)

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Inishkeel, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Giolla Bhríghde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1049, Page 37

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    Suili. It is situated in Inniskeel island off the coast of Narin. It is a rock down low in other rocks. It got its name because it is the islands eye.
    Poll Mór. It is a great hole in Narin hill.
    Sean-bealach. It is a place where there was an old road and it is situated in Narin.
    Dunmore. It is a hill in Portnoo, It got its name from a fort built on it.
    Cruincragán. It is a rock on Narin strand Near Inniskeel island.
    Na Oileanna. They are white patches of land in a field in the Bána. Narin. They are so called because they are white.
    Gabarnish. It is a rock on Castlegoland strand.
    Carrig an Sian. It is a rock on Narin strand. The reason it is so called is because the people fished sians from it.
    Carraig Salach. It is a rock behind Portnoo pier. The people fish sians and glassan from this rock.
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