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School: Naomh Pádraig

Location:
Killala, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Laura C. Mc Kenna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 324

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    Horse's Hill. It is a hill near Crossmolina.
    Carn means a heap of stones where someone was buried long ago. This carn is on a hill on the way to Ballycastle and the place is called after it.
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    Rathcash, my father's farm is about three miles from Killola and it gets its name from a rath that was built on a hill. At the bottom of the hill there was a marshy place and there was a path across it. The marsh is now drained. The place still has the name it got
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killala, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Edwin Campbell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killala, Co. Mayo