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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

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Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 366

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    work enough in Ireland to keep them at home.
    Lots of small rivers are to be got the largest river is called Aught river. There are lots of holes in it are named. The holes are called the Soldier's Hole and the Holly Hole and Montgomerys Hole.
    Montgomerys Hole and Montgomerys Rock were named after a man and his who died in shelter of the rock in the time potato famine the rock and and the hole were named after them.
    The Holly Hole is named after a big holly tree which hangs over it.
    But no explanation is given to how the Soldiers Hole got its name.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Aught, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Edmund Weir
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aught, Co. Donegal