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School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)

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Cooloo, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 304

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  1. Place Names (continued)

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    8 "The Sun fence" This is a fenced ditch on which the sun shines on always.
    9. "Cul Garbh" so called because it is boggy land.
    10 "The old gardens" Those are old gardens belonging to a family of Donohue's.
    11 "Garrdha Murchadha" so called because a family of Murphys lived there long ago.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1 "Cnuic Nóra" It was said that a man killed a woman named Nora on this hill and that she was buried there but her grave cannot now be identified.
    2. Lios an Puca" It was so called because it was haunted by fairies.
    3. "The Fort" which means a Rath. Tradition tells us that fairies dwelt there long ago.
    4 "The Lisheen" It is so called because children were buried there.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Cloonkeen Oughter, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Máire Nic Loclainn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonkeen Oughter, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Honor Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Cloonkeen Oughter, Co. Galway