School: Cill Moibhí (C.) (roll number 13081)

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1. Local Place Names

   

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   There is a field in Raherolish called Gorraidh Terry." A man named Terry the fiddler lived there. He went round each night to the neighbouring houses. On every Sunday night he held a collection. One night when he was coming from a wedding he came across a field in which there was a lake. It was very late and he was drunk. Just as he was about to cross the lake he fell in and was drown. This field was afterwards called Gorraidh Terry. This field is owned by:- Michael Horkan, Raherolish, Kilmovee, Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo.

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)
         2. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Tully

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Raherolus, Co. Mayo

2. Local Place Names

   

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   There is a boreen running beside our land called the road of the gospel. There were no churches that time and the priests said mass in lonely places because the soldiers would kill them for saying mass. One day a priest was saying mass on this

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