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Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Place Name of Inis Cara (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   surroundings influences the name affixed to a certain town, district, hill or valley. Our own city, for instance, is named Corcaig, which in Irish means a marsh, and everyone knows that the city is built over very swampy and marsh ground.

   But other names have a longer story to tell.

   There is a very quaint legend about how Inniscara got its name. The story is purely fanciful, but none the less interesting on that account.

   The tale is as follows.

   Long ago when Saint Patrick was teaching in Ireland, the country was overrun with every kind of vermin and reptile. In some districts there lived great toads, and in other parts lizards and bats were a terror to the inhabitants. But in every part of the lands there were snakes.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Suíomh

   Inis Cara, Co. Chorcaí

   Bailitheoir

   Eileen O' Brien

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Baile Mheasaigh, Co. Chorcaí

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mary Walton

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Maigh Chromtha, Co. Chorcaí