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1. My Native Parish (continued)

   

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   refused the catholics the site of a school and they in the end built on part of the graveyard. From the year 1460 until the year 1609 the Franciscians resided in this parish. But after the flight of the earls the English hunted the monks out of the monastery. Still they didn't leave the parish. They rejoined to Dysart, a lonely and sequestered village at the foot of Carn na Mhaoin, where they stayed until the beginning of the eighteenth century. The parish of Inver is possessed of an abundance of wild and rugged scenic beauty. Fish abound in the silvery streams and blue placid loughs. Rabbits, hares, grouse and wild fowl are plentiful in the warrens and moors scattered (scattered) at intervals throughout the parish. Inver Bay is one of the many beauty spots which tourists haunt during the summer months. Indeed my native parish holds attractions in plenty, both scenic and historic, for all who wish to

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Frosses, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Kathleen Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   17

   Address

   Frosses, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Charles Campbell

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Inver Glebe, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Daniel Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Donegal, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Niel Mc Hugh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Frosses, Co. Donegal