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School: Baile na Bó (roll number 2260)

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Baile na Bó, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ailbhe Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1073, Page 213

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  1. Cloch Cheannfhaolaidh

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    Is é an t-ainm atá ar an pharroiste seo ná Cloich Ceannfholaidh; (nó is é an tuarim atá ag na foclaibh i mbéalaibh na sean daoine CLOICH CHON FHAOLA)

    Tá an chloch iomráidhteach seo le feiceál do réir na ndaoine ins an choillidh atá comhgarach do Chaisleán Bhaile Uí Chonaill. Coláiste Ullmhucháin atá ins an chaisleán seo anois. Cloich Chon Fhaola, cnapán mór de chloich ghil atá inntí, cuireadh suas í ar túr mór comhgarach de fhichi troighthe ar aoirde amuigh i lár páirce comhgarach do'n tsean-chaisleán atá luaidhte thuas.
    Ar d-tús cuireadh suas an túr: atá deanamh cruinn ar an túr agus tá sé 16 troighthe thart timcheall. Macasamhail dhá throigh ó'n talamh atá leach cloiche curtha isteach ins an túr. Tá an leac seo ocht n-ordhlaigh déag ar an fhad agus ocht n-ordlaigh ar a leitheid: Is é an rud atá sgriobhtha ar an leic seo:-
    CLOGHANNEELY
    ERECTED A.D. 1774 by
    WIBRANTS OLPHERT
    and SARAH his wife
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Ailbhe Ó Conáin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Occupation
    Múinteoir