School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)

Location:
Gortalough, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
S. Ó Docraigh
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    Coráun = A rocky place
    Breaclágh = Speckled Hill
    Canach Bhán = The white marsh
    Maoil Ruad = The red blunt hill
    Caol cúm = The narrow valley
    Béal Mór = The big mouth
    cruth na n-abt The summit of the glen
    Bearna Taribh The bull's gap
    Garoa Leath = Grey garden
    Clar corach = Level march
    cloc corach = The stony marsh
    Roinn bán = The white point
    Alt - The height on the side of a glen.
    Poll na gcoinín = The rabbithole
    Poll 'a h-abainn The hole of the river
    Bár na binge = The height of the Peek
    Poll a' Galáin = The hole of the pillar stone.
    Damhros mór = The big peninsula of oxen
    Damhros mór beag = The small " " "
    Dubh ros " = The small dark headland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
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