School: Cillíní Díoma (roll number 15071)

Location:
Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Uinsionn Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0294

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  1. Seaniarsmaí (continued)

    There is a lot of stones in Baile na gCnocán...

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    balls brodar.
    There is a wall going from Trainseac to Ruaodn a distance of two miles called "balls brodar". It is said that it was build in one night, by twenty men.
    The Earls Chair
    There is an old seat in brodar's wall which is called the Earl's Chair. There is a date on the chair but no one could read it. It is said that it is two hundred years old.
    There is a double wall in Cnoc hDise where it is said that the danes were living there and for fear the Irish would attach them at night, they built the wall
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Seán Ó Cléirigh
    Gender
    Male