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School: Maigh Ard

Location:
Moyard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Dubhshlain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0006, Page 113

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    Moyard: a village, it means on a high plain, The name comes from the Irish for high plain.
    Garraunbawn: The Irish for white horse. There is an old story that there were seven sisters drowned in a lake in the village, and that every seven years since then a white horse comes out of the lake.
    Cnockmaráh: The hill of the fort.
    Ballinakill: The village of the church.
    Bundailish: The Irish for at the bottom of two fairy forts.
    Kylemore: The Irish for a big wood.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Moyard, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Beartley King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyard, Co. Galway