School: Cloonagh Boys' National School

Location:
Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0154

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    Thur naglog. It got its name from the sound of the Bells. Its near Banada.
    Druimbane. It means the white back. This place is near Curry.
    Coillín. It got its name from a lot of small woods.
    Ballindrum. It got its name from the towns back. This is a hill over-looking the Town of Swinford.
    Baile na Loch. The town of the lake.
    Bally-Howley. it got its name from a man that was living there once. Howleys Town was called after him.
    Ceathrú Beag. It derives its name from the small - quarter
    Cloongoonagh. It got its name from the meadow of the guns. It is said that it was there the guns were hid, the time of the "Black and Tans"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male