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School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)

Location:
Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 294

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  1. Local Place Names (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    CARRAIG mo CROIDHE ?
    is another rock on Slievenakilla mountain.

    CARRAIG FADA
    is another rock on Slievenakilla mountain.

    LOCHÁN DUBH
    is a lake beside Carraig Fada.

    THE TWELVE LOUGHS
    is the name given to a number of lakes on Slievenakilla Mountain.

    POLL na CLOICHE MÓIRE
    is a place beside the Yellow River in Slievenakilla. There is a big hole there in which stones used to be found.

    TULACH CHREASA ?
    is on Slievenakilla Mountain.

    RIOMAIRE ?
    is a level place on the Slievenakilla Mountain. The people used to grow potatoes there long ago. The ridges are still to be seen.

    (Collected by Cait Nic Réill from her father Francis McGreal of Slievenakilla)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    THE TWELVE ROOMS
    This is the name given to a number of crevices or caves in the Stranagarvanagh rock. Large stones are placed there in the form of twelve rooms or chambers.

    THE PLAYBANK
    This is a level piece of the mountain above the townlands of Corralubber and Urbal Barr in the parish of Ballinaglera. To this place the young people used to repair on the last Sunday of July in each year ( called locally "Garland" Sunday. Here they amused themselves dancing and singing and playing music.

    CARRAIG omo CROIDHE ?
    This is the name of a rock on the Carnfulla (?) Mountain.

    (Collectd by Myles McGourty from his father Myles McGourty, of Stranagarvanagh)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Myles Mc Gourty
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Myles Mc Gourty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sranagarvanagh, Co. Leitrim