School: Ballinagh (C.)

Location:
Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 162

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  1. At my grand-fathers place there are many fields known by different names such as ''The Flat Field'', ''The Well Field
    ''The Black Hill ''The Orchard.
    The townland Kilsallagh got its name from the dirty church. The village of Ballinagh known in Irish as Beal ??? Ne?? which means the mouth of the ford. There are many rocks in the district known as Galligans Fort also Osbornes Rocks
    In olden times there was a blasting operation in one of theses rocks and one man was suffering from shock for some time afterwards. A woman named Ann Gaffney lived in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilmore, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Mary E. Murray
    Gender
    Female