School: Naomh Nioclás, An Cladach (Buachaillí) (roll number 4501)

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2. Names of Places

   

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   There is a rock up in Shantalla and it is called Ó Connell's Rock. That rock is very big and it is said that Daniel Ó Connell gave a speech on Catholic Emancipation. The little place where Daniel Ó Connell gave the speech is situated in a village out side the Town of Galway. In another old place in Galway they say there were a very big band of soldiers and one night this drummer was walking in a field and there were a lot of wells running under the Grattan Road out to Galway Bay. This drummer as

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   Topics

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

   Language

   Irish

   Location

   Shantallow, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Michael Cooke

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Cooke

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   36

   Address

   Fairhill, Co. Galway