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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 388

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    The combined townlands of Gort, Adreen, Cloonfeacle, Coraughreen, Cornacorrow, are called locally "Coolathooma". The inhabitants resent this name. The meaning of it is often discussed locally. Some insist it means "back of the woods." Would it be "Back of the Tomb". There is a caldragh near.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Ní Ghormáin
    Gender
    Female