1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Giolla tSionáin (C.)

School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (C.)

Location:
Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Chathaláin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 067

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 067

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile Giolla tSionáin (C.)
  2. XML Page 067
  3. XML (no title)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (no title) (continued)

    “Páirch na Laogh. It is so called because calves are in it always...”

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    1. Páirc na Laogh.
    It is so called because calves are in it always.
    2. Páirc na sgeithe.
    There is a bush growing in it.
    3. Garra Fraoch.
    It is called because there is heather growing in it.
    4. Páirc na nGainimh.
    There is a river in it, in which sand is to be got.
    5. Páirc an Aifrinn.
    This field is so called because Mass was said there in Penal days.
    6. An Riasc.
    It is so called because it contains soft, marshy land.
    7. Gort na h-abhann.
    It is situated beside a river.
    8. Páirc na Guaise.
    It is so called because great rocks of bogdeal are on the ditches there.
    9. Páirc na sgeach.
    It is so called because a big ash tree grows there.
    10. Páirc Chúathail
    It is so called because it is situated at the back of the house.
    11. Páirc na lúachair.
    It is so called, because nothing grows there, but rushes.
    12. Gardha na h-abhann.
    It is a garden near a river.
    13. Leabadh na mbó.
    The cows used to sleep there during the night.
    14. Clúainín na nGé
    A little meadow containing a stream.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Culhane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Shiela Ahern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glashapullagh, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    John Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Glashapullagh, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Thomas Culhane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballygiltenan Upper, Co. Limerick