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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0275

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    There are several places in Ireland - villages and town lands, fields, streams, hollows, heights, rocks and bushes and each one of them has its own name or history. These places were named after people and events which happened there and of these Galway has its share.
    There is a place called Bally Branagan situated about a quarter of a mile on the west side of Kinvara and the reason it was called Bally Branagan was:- Long ago there were a lot of people living there and most of them were Branagans. When the people left it, it was called the Town of Branagans
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Joe Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway