School: Beárna Dhearg (C ) (roll number 14634)

Location:
Barnaderg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0026, Page 0075

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  1. Local History
    Cilliarairain - as spelled in Tablet in Church.
    May mean
    (a) The wood of the masses of sheet iron.
    (b) The church on the good meadow land
    (c) The Church of the men of Iron (Fr O'Reilly)
    (d) The Church of Kearn - usual trans.
    No particular history apart from Uí Maine.
    The name being preserved in Uman Beag and Uman Mór.
    The parish is the end of the territory of HyMáine in this direction
    The Castle built by Meleachlan O'Ceallaigh in 1242.
    O'Ceallaigh married Finuala daughter of Cathal Creaobh Dearg. Both buried in Abbeyknockmoy.
    1677 Nicholas Browne got 2000 acres of Abbey lands. These included lands about Barnaderg - Moyne house built by stone obtained from (Barnaderg) Castle
    (a) Rath Ferbholg
    (b) Cairn - do
    (c) Church in graveyard
    (d) Norman Castle
    (e) Hugh O Donnell
    (f) Land agitations - old School - Bishop of Whately.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killererin, Co. Galway