School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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- XML “An Clais Dubh”
- XML “The Soldier's Hole”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - To the south west of this town and about a mile from it is a farm called Clais Dubh. it is situated in a hollow and between two hills and a stream runs through it. The land at both sides of the stream slopes towards it. The grass that grows on those slopes, which are somewhat wet is of a blackis colour.
The place probably gets its name from Clais a hollow or trench and Dubh which means black. - "The Soldier's Hole" is the name of a certain salmon hole in the Coomhola River. Long ago it is said that there was an English soldier fishing in the hole and, while he was hauling in a salmon he slipped and fell into the middle of the water. The hole was very deep and he got tangled in the line in such a way that he could not swim, so he got drowned, and ever since the place in the river is called(continues on next page)
