School: Naomh Pádraig

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1. Place Names (continued)

   

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   Templemary means Mary's Church.
   Kilcommin means Saint Comman's Church.
   Barnhill means the hill's gap.
   Tully means a little hill.
   Carrowkeel means the narrow land quarter.
   Dunamona means the turf fort.
   Castlereagh means the grey castle.
   Moyne means a small plain.
   Tooreen means the little bleach green.
   Stonepark so called because the fields in this district are very stony and rocky.
   Kilbride means Saint Brigid's Church.
   Rathlackan means the fort of the hillside.
   Rathfran means the spring fort.
   Rathbane means the white rath.
   Carrickanas means the rock at the waterfall.
   Cortoon means the round hill of

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Killala, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Peggy Sealy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathfran, Co. Mayo