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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
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Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 219

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  1. Townlands

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    Moat
    This is a so called because there is a moat in the town land.

    Ballinacree
    This place is called Ballinacree because when the red-coats were in Ireland the was an old chapel in Ballinacree where mass used to be said and they used to put briars on the door so that the red-coats would not think it was a chapel.
    (Is ionnan criadh agus driseóga)
    and that it the reason it is called Ballinacree

    Ballinrink
    Ballinarink was called so because there used to be a lot of dances in this village and so it was called Ballinrink, in Irish (Baile an Rinnce)

    Ballymacad
    This name is supposed to be from a
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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)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballynacree, Co. Meath