1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Laragh (B.)

School: Laragh (B.)

Location:
Larah, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Briain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 153

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 153

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: Laragh (B.)
  2. XML Page 153
  3. XML “Local Names and Nicknames”

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. Local Names and Nicknames

    Share Share Post
    Local names or nicknames. Family names most common in the parish are Brady, Reilly & Smith. Here are some names used in fireside conversation that I believe never used in the presence of families..

    Paddy Jemmy Ned & Jas Jemmy Ned
    Patrick & James Brady brothers in Killycrone.
    Terry's Terence & Terry's Peter.
    Terence & Peter Brady of Monelta.
    The Jemmy Terry's Thos Brady of Drumnegar.
    Jemmy the Bell. Jemmy Brady of Killycrone His father was Jemmy the bell & he was sexton of Larah church one of his duties being the ringing of the bell.
    Brady's of Larah. Miss Brady of Larah House. House built in 1803.
    Rosy's Pat. Pat Brady of Cordingin.
    (continues on next page)
    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