School: An Clochar, Baile Caisleáin Bhéara (roll number 13762)

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1. Local Place Names

   

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   Fields:-

   Páirc na Cró - There was a shed built in this field.

   
   Páirc na Caoinleach

   This field gets its name from the stubbles which remained there after the oats being cut.

   
   An Móinteán

   It is so called because it is a wet boggy field.

   
   Páirc na h-Abhann

   A river flows near the fence of this field.

   
   Páirc an Galán

   There is a large rock in this field which tradition tells us fell there long ago when a giant was attempting to cast a stone from Maulin to Bere Island.

   
   Páirc an tSéipéal

   The ruins of an old church are still to be seen in this field.

   
   Árd na gCapall

   There is a rock in this field in which are the prints of horses hoofs and dogs paws. Tradition tells us that in Penal times the English who were in pursuit of a priest passed through this field. The priest who was on horse-back went over the rock and the dogs of the English followed.

   
   Páirc an Cumar

   There is a large hollow near this field and from that it gets its name.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Mary Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Shanavallyleigh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Catherine Harrington

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Shanavallyleigh, Co. Cork