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School: Cnoc an Dúin (C.) (roll number 11377)

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Forthill, Co. Sligo
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Máire Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0161, Page 292

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    cause some disaster on Sligo.
    Here a monastery was founded by St Columba towards the end of the 6th century.

    Long ago Drumcliffe was noticed for its rushes and out of those rushes the people made big baskets, that is how it got the name Drom Cléibhe.

    Caitlín Ní Guinnín
    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
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Guinnín
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Sligo, Co. Sligo