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School: Ceathrú na Laithighe (Brownsgrove) (roll number 12138)

Location:
Brownsgrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó hAnnracháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0445

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    land round about the gate.

    STAIGHRE MHARGADH
    The stairs of the market meaning the stile where the people of this place used to cross out on the public road when they would be making a short cut to the market on a Saturday.

    AN TURNÓIGÍN
    The name of a corner of a field where was a limekiln long ago.

    AN SLIABH
    Part of the land owned by Michael Moloney is called this name because this land is rough kind of land covered with rushes and Fraoch and some of it soft and boggy.

    POLL na mBRÍCE
    This is a Lochán situated in O'Connors' land in Beaughroe. It is called this because there used to be some trout in it long ago.

    Mary McGagh
    Beaugh,
    Brownsgrove,
    Tuam

    I got those place-names from my father:-
    Patrick McGagh
    Beaugh
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Mc Gagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Gagh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Beagh (Browne), Co. Galway