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School: The Spa, Tráighlí

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Spa, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ml. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 308

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  1. Geography of Kerry

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    Boundaries:
    Length , 60 mls, Breadth 98 mls, Mt. Eagle. East and westerly points. Area 1,185: 918 acres. Two fiords, Dingle and Kenmare Bay divide it into 3 parts: [?] North Kerry Hills start at Gortatlea, form Baurtregaun, Cahir-Connee, Brandon and Mt. Eagle
    Iveragh: Dunkenin North & South, Corkaguiney contain Carrantuohill; Lakes of Killarney.
    Coast from Brandon Head, Ballydavid, Lybil, and Dunmore in Corkaguiney around to Inch, Valencia.
    Islands: Blaskets, Skelligs, Scariff.
    Red Sand Stone, Donoghue of Killarney palace under lakes
    Beehive cells, stone-roofed oratories, pilgrims roads and legends tell of early Christian period. Saints and holy men, castles and keeps, abbeys, tell of friars of Norman periods.
    Physical features:
    Flora, trees, insects, Railways and cycling, Mountain passes.
    Windy Gap, Molls Gap, Balloughbeama, Coomakesta, Ballyoughiskeen, Connor Hill.
    Industries, agriculture, fishing, convent & cottage, industries, mining and quarrying.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Breathnach
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher