School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 148
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Drumatemple (B.)
- XML Page 148
- XML “Bracklagh”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Starting at the bridge of Bealach Dhá Ghéag and following the river we come to a very deep part opposite Mr Hurley's house called "Poll Neach" (*) A field beside it belonging to John Fannon of Curries(?) is called "Goirtín na h-Abhna.Following the river we come to a place between two concrete bridges called Tonoas = tanyard where hides were tanned long ago.At the first concrete bridge opposite Mr Hurley's there was a mill up to about 65 years ago. An old man named Kennedy worked it. It was a thatched mill. The track of the old mill Race may still be seen.The Second concrete bridge is at a ford called "Áth na Ceárdchan". There was a forge near the gate (Roseberry) Furze now grow on the track of it. There is a very fine spring well also at Áth na Ceárdchan.Following the river we pass a third concrete bridge and come to where two
Note * It is pronounced Poll Neach but I cannot find its correct meaning - Michael Quinn N.T.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Ballymoe, Co. Galway
