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School: Coillte Mághach (roll number 12520)

Location:
Kiltamagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 316

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    The names of places in Kiltimagh district may be roughly classified into the following groups:-
    (a) Those with the prefix baile indicating home or village, namely,
    Ballinvolly = baile an mhullaigh = Village of the summit
    Ballure = " úr new village
    Ballincurry = " an curraigh = village of low land near river
    Ballinamore = " an átha móir = " " big ford
    Ballywincher = " an mhuineahcar " brushwood flat
    Ballyglass = baile glas = green village
    Baile an tsléibhe
    Roache's village - baile na Róiste = Roche's village
    (b) Those named from wood and groves =
    The Woods = na Coillte = The Woods
    Kieltibo = Coillte bó = Woods of the cows or cow
    Kieltibo beag - Coillre bó beag = " " small cows
    Kiltimagh = Coillte amach " outside
    Culgar = Coill ghearr short wood
    Cultrasna = Coill threasna = cross wood
    Derrykinlough - Doire cionn locha - grove at end of lake
    Derrygoy = Doire an ghé = " " of goose
    Derrylahan = Doire leathan " wide
    Derrynalecka = Doire na leice " of the flag
    Camderry na binne - Cam-Dóire na binne = crooked grove of the peak
    Corrdaragh - Corr Darac - slope ? of the oak
    (c) Those derived their name from some
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Kiltamagh, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill
    Gender
    Male