School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)
- Location:
- Dristernan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 247
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- Gleneely is situated mid-way between Moville and Carndonagh. It is said to be the nicest spot in Inishowen. Gleneely means the vale of lime but some people say it is the Irish for "manured vale". I think the manured vale is right for there is no limestone in the district.
It was more important thirty years ago than it is now for there was a quarterly fair in it then and now there is none. There was also a police barracks and now there is none. There is a pretty river running through Gleneely called the Culdaff river, it is about thirty feet wide at Gleneely. About a hundred years ago a man named Patrick McLaughlin lived at Gleneely. He was a weaver it is said he went three times a week to Carndonagh to weave. He had to cross the river going and coming to Carn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elsie Gibson
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Principal
