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School: Cobh Labhráis (B.) (roll number 7452)

Location:
Rerrin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 082

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    The district in which I live abounds with place-names of fields and cliffs and rocks, and the most of them are Irish. The names are very hard to convert into English language, because as time went on the words were changed.
    This follows with a list of fields
    Gort na Ceárdhna,
    Leac Amháin,
    Páirc na Scoile
    Páirc na Loca
    Páirc an Tíghe
    Páirc na Claise
    Gort Caol
    Árd na Gaoithe
    Pairc ó (?)
    Páirc Garbh
    Páirc Caol
    Gort an Tobair
    Cnucán (?) Dóighthe
    Cnucán Reamhar
    Cár na Caoirig
    Páirc Núa(?)
    Páirc Árd
    Túirín Ciaráin
    Dún Beag
    Páirc an Tigh(?)

    The following is a list of coastal names

    Carraigléa
    Bun Naun (?) Locán
    Illaunathough
    Carraig an Éisc
    Faill na gCaorach
    Carraig an Éisc
    Faill na dTaidg

    Many of those places and names are to be found in many places through-out the Island such as "Tuirín Ciaráin". There is a strand called "Tráigh Ciaráin and is still known by the same name and we conclude from that, that St. Kieran must have landed on the strand once upon a time. It is also known that St. Kieran was in the Country many
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Greenane, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Concubar Ó h-Aractáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Conchubhar Ó h-Aractáin
    Age
    60
    Address
    Greenane, Co. Cork