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1. Place Names - Poll a' Chapaill

   

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   Poll a' Chapaill is a large hole of water about six feet in breadth at the back of Kiltartan chapel. It is fenced with bushes to prevent anything from falling into it. The water is very pure and it used by the people for drinking purposes.

   This is how it was named. Long ago there was a man bringing a cart of stones and as he was passing by the hole the horse slipped, fell into the hole of water and got drowned. It is very soft around the hole.

   

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2. Place Names - Páirc na Marbh

   

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   We have a field at home and we call it Páirc na Marbh. It is said that a man started to walk from Limerich to Galway and when he came as far as that field he died there with the hunger. Some time afterwards a man found the

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballylee, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Patrick Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballylee, Co. Galway