School: Cluain an Ghabhláin, Cill Mhichíl
- Location:
- Kilmihil, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Maolruanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0602, Page 340
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- (continued from previous page)Hills:- The Moot; the mountainy moot; the fir (furze?) hill.
River: the river in the farm has two deep pools called Poll Cailín and Poll Táiluíra; in the first a girl was drowned and in the second a tailor.Farm: Joe Griffen; Glenmore; Kilmihil,
"An Cnoc Dóire"; [reason for this name not clear. Probably due to old-time practice of "skinning" the land and burning the "skin" for manure or fertilizer.
The Páircín; the Ray (Re: Raeḋ?] the Iartaċ (a low meadow) the strang (small meadow); Túirín Thomas, a name Given to a large rock on this farm and said to mark the place of burial of a giant called Túirín Thomas. This explanation is doubtful as Túirín amongst the people here generally means the small living given to a younger son on the division of the farm at the father's death or marriage of the eldest son. Túirín is obviously diminutive of Túr or Tuar; which word occurs in the naighbourhood of Glenmore in the place-name Tuar an Ṁeidg.Farm: Andrew Reidy, Baile na Míol; Kilmihil.
The páirc; the bull field; the garrḋa; the paircín; the "isle" (?) [has a river on either side]; the garrḋa lugliġ, a good grazing meadow; the corraċs and garrḋa a' strapa; the inch; the Raeḋ ḃeag; the hollow; croc an sírd(continues on next page)
