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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 0361

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    Districts and places get their names from fields, heathery hills, streams, heights, rocks, and old bushes. In our parish there is a place called Newtown long ago it was called tobar an caillige (?) There was an old forge in it once and it was knocked down and a house was built there and it was haunted and anybody who would pass during the night would be injured. A horse would not pass it out, with fear she would turn back. People said that if the house was knocked they would not touch anybody so it was knocked and a well sprang up and they called it the well of the women (?) Water got scarce and the well was full of
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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
    Mary A. Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    James Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway