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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   The "Ghosty Rock" is a rock in Corgreagh in which there is supposed to be a ghost.

   In a field owned by Kate Reilly who lives in Corgreagh there is a bush called "My mother's Bush." Down near the ground there is a flat place on the bush which is like a chair and there are not thorns on it. Every Friday evening, Kate's mother used to sit on this bush and watch the people going home from town. They told her the price of everything and she could tell the people at home the price of everything without going to Cootehill herself

   
   The "Giant's grave is a grave in Kill rocks in which there is a giant buried.

   The "Mass-path" is so called because it was made by the people going to the chapel and it is still used as a near way by the people going to Mass

   There is a field in Drumleague called Bess's field because it was owned by a woman named Bess and the ruins of the house in which she lived are at the top of it.

   "Spike Island" is a high rock in Corgreagh and if a person stood on top of it on a clear day he could see for miles around.

   The "Whitegate field" is a field at the entrance to which is a white gate.

   The "Clover Hill is a hill in Corgreagh which is covered with clover

   The "Bridge field" is so called because it is beside a bridge

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Drumsillagh, Co. an Chabháin

   Collector

   Patrick Clarke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumsillagh, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   Mrs Michael Blake

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumsillagh, Co. an Chabháin