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   and Gahan are the most common names in it
   There are four slated houses and three thatched houses in Tobergal. The oldest man in our townland is over eighty-four and there are two over seventy years of age. There were many more houses in Tobergal long ago than there are now but there are no ruins. Most of the land is good but there is a bog in Mr Chapman's land, and it is said that at night a big black horse goes through it, and who ever would go on his foot-steps would die.

   Maureen Armstrong,
   Boolavogue, Ferns, Co Wexford.

   

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   The most common name in Ballytracey (my townland, in parish of Monageer) is Murphy. John Murphy is a good story-teller. There is a big hill in Ballytracey called Nancy Shannon's hill. There is a turn in the road in Ballytracey called Arkin's turn. It is called Arkins's turn because people by the name of Arkains lived there

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   Topics

   1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Baile Uí Threasaigh, Co. Loch Garman

   Collector

   Michael Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Uí Threasaigh, Co. Loch Garman