School: Dunmanus, Toormore

Location:
Dunmanus East, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Helena Lucey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 120a

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    Faill-a-ghlóir...

    still there.

    FAILL a' GLÓIR
    (The cliff of the echo) It is so called because there is an echo in the rocks. There is a subterranean passage through the rocks, but its opening is now closed up with briars and brambles.

    CORRACH LIATH
    Is the name of the bog about fifty yards from this school. It was so called because many years ago there was flax growing in the same place.

    LISSACAHA
    (The fort of the battle) It is a town-land about two and a half miles from here. It was the scene of a battle in the olden times between the Irish and the Danes.

    POLL-MUSLAÍ
    Is a small deep strand very near us, it is always filled with mussels hence its name.

    SGÍN (?) a' LEANBH
    is a field belonging to James Johnson. The old people say that children used be buried there long ago.

    CÚAS - GORM
    is so called because the water looks blue at all times. It is a little inlet of the sea.

    OILEÁN GABHAIR
    is an island opposite the Altar Church. In the olden times poor people used
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toormore, Co. Cork