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School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)

Location:
Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 567

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    Barry's Glen
    When the road from Tralee to Cork was being made about two hundred years ago a family named Barry lived in the townland of Coolbane parish of Kilcummin, Co Kerry. The glen in Barry's farm along which the road was made is since called Barry's "Glen". "Pairc a tabair" is the name of a field in John Foley's farm Leamnaguilea, parish of Ballyhar, Co Kerry. It is so called because there is a well of spring
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Michael Downey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leamnaguila, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    John Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Caherdean, Co. Kerry