School: Maoilinn (B.), Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Meelin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 021
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- XML “Páirceanna Mórthimpeall na Sráide”
- XML “Páirceanna Mórthimpeall na Sráide - The Broken Hole”
- XML “Páirceanna Mórthimpeall na Sráide - The Páirc”
- XML “Páirceanna Mórthimpeall na Sráide - The Fuarán”
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- (continued from previous page)which is clearly indicated by a mound of small stones has never been interfered with by the ploughman. In fact particular care is taken not to disturb or harm the grave. Some people say it is a Famine Grave and that a number of people are buried there.
- To the north of the village and on the road-side is the field of the Broken-Hole. A stream which finds its source in Meelin Bog disappears through the Broken Hole in an underground passage through the Limestone quarries of Meelin. Denis McAuliffe Meelin is the owner.
- The Páirc is the name given to a small plot of ground in the Village of Meelin and owned by Diarmuid DeBrún, Meelin. It probably got its name from the fact that it is surrounded by high benches of limestone rock.
- Informant
- Diarmuid De Brún
- Gender
- Male
- The Fuarán is the name of a field having a very exposed situation on the north-eastern side of Meelin Hill. It is owned by a farmer named Timothy Browne, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork.
