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School: Baile Uaitéir (Walterstown) (roll number 12281)

Location:
Walterstown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Raghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0386, Page 160

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    Belgrove:- There was a big garden belonging to Mr. Gumbleton and in this garden was a big bell that used to be rung at dinner hour. Around the garden was a grove and hence that is how it got its name.
    Glenmore:- It is so called because there is a big glen there.
    Carraig Ruadh:- This place is on the West side of Cuskinny. The whole place around it is all red rock and that is how it got its name.
    Ashgrove:- This is so called because a lot of ash trees grew in it.
    Eastgrove:- It is so called because it is the farthest East place in the Island.
    Walterstown:- It got its name because there was a man called walter once living there.
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Walterstown, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Margaret Wilson
    Gender
    Female