School: Cluain Uí Chuinn (roll number 5844)
- Location:
- Cloonyquin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0250, Page 293
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- There are some Irish names in use."Taoibh Ban" It is called "Taoibh Ban" on account of the whitish grass that grows in it."Pairc Fhada" It is called "Pairch Fhada" on account of it being a long field."Pairc Linn" It is called "Pairch Linn" because there is a pool in the middle of the field."Gort na gCrannac" It is called "Gort na gCrannac" because there are trees in the fields."Tobar Muire" Mary's Well ( Elphin Parish )Cluain Ui Chuinn got its name from a man called Quinn who owned all the town land of Clooniquinn. He lived in a Castle at the back of my Uncle's house. Some of the ruins are to be seen there yet, and the field is called Castle."Paircín" The little field"Lis na n-Éan" is a place where birds are very plentiful"Pairc Mhor" The big field"Grallach" The land of the daub"Lis na Gearr" The short fort Lios na Gárda ?"Doire Coirce" means the village of the oats"Boreen na Gort" The road through the fields
Sal Devany
Clooniquin
- Collector
- Sal Devany
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Cloonyquin, Co. Roscommon
