School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1076, Page 348

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    the Bishop used to bathe in it.
    The Coiscéim, because there is a lot of steps in.
    This is a list of townlands of this parish.
    Marble hill, Swillybrin, Derryart, Cloonmass, Cartnamaddy, Faugher, Ballymore, Port-na-Blagh. Marble hill so called because marble was found in it. Port-na-Blagh means the port for the butter-milk. Cart-na-maddy means the dogs quarter. Parkmore - means the big field.
    These are a list of the townlands near the town of Dunfanaghy.
    Dunfanaghy got its name as the fort of the stranger, because one time a man came to Dunfanaghy with a little dog with a strap round his neck and Dunfanaghy was written on the strap, that is how it got its name.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Faugher, Co. Donegal