School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)
- Location:
- Castlelyons, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 102
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- Townland - Glenarouske.
Parish -, Co. Cork.
Barony - Barrymore.
No. of families - thirteen.
Family name most common - Smith: three families
Most of the houses are thatched. A few new ones are slated.
Canon OLeary once asked at Mac Hugh's Stations if they knew what Glenarouske meant. They said no. He told them that it meant - 'the glen of the rusty water'.
There is a bog near Mac Hugh's house and a reddish-brown scum comes on the top of the pools in the summer time.
There are no very old people there. There are about five people near seventy.
They cannot tell any stories. They cannot speak Irish. Houses were more numerous long ago.
The land is hilly and boggy and there is some very good land. There is no wood or river or lake.
There is one stream flowing down near Mac Hugh's house.
- Informant
- John Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenarousk, Co. Cork
