School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

Location:
Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 107

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    that hole. He lived in the Knocknaseed house.
    Gairrí-beag-Morgain. It means Morgan's little garden. A servant of Mr. Duggan's got this garden every year as payment from Henry Duggan.
    Poll-na-gCreacaillí is a hole in the Blackwater. It means the hole of the bog deal stumps.
    Poll-na-n-Iasg:- means the hole of the fish. It is a famous hole for pike.
    The rock in Michael Reen's land
    Farrankeal is supposed to have been a land mark in the time of the Danes. There is another in Gullane, Gneeveguilla, another in Umeraboy and another in Glountán and each is about a field from the road and they are all about three miles apart. They are all in one straight line from Glountán through Umeraboy Farrankeal and Gullane and in many other places.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Farrankeal, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Seán Ó Núaláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farrankeal, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Pádruig Ua Thuamaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66