School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)
- Location:
- Loughrea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Proinnsias
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0158
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- Tulla Hill = One may see the four big battle fields of Co. Galway
"Pleasure Garden"= The ladies who lived in the palace played in the garden.
Barn field = Gap field.
Quarry field = Stone quarry.
Earlspark = Called after four Earls, Eider, Costa, Riach and Caireall.
Table field = A flat stone with a Chalice cut out in it.
Rocky field = Big rocks.
Flaggy field = It is usually covered with wild flaggers.
The Riasc = Swampy field.
The fort field = Contains an old fort.
Briclough = Pond of the trout.
Cosmona = Foot of the meadow.
Cossorrig = Foot of the rock.
The lios field = Fort field.
lios-a-púca = Fairy fort.
The Devils bit = Hill in Aille parish with a huge bite taken out of it.
Mount Pleasant = Build on a beautiful mount(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Masonbrook, Co. Galway
