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School: Faithche (Buachaillí)

Location:
Fahy More, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 309

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  1. Béarla - Local Place Names (continued)

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    to cut it once, when the hatchet flew and struck him on the forehead.
    A very well known place is "Stheenoge". This place is very wet and rushey. The "Castle Hole" is another well known place. It is said that it was here that the prisoners from the Castle were drowned.
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  2. Local Place Names

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    On the eastern side of the Parish of Kilmaclasser lies the village of Slingan. There is a certain place in my father's land locally known under its Gaelic name of Pairc An Tobair. It got its name from a fine big well that is there.
    In Thomas Caine's land there
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Slinaun, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Nora Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slinaun, Co. Mayo