School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)an end and to this day it is called the "Gamblers Road."
Bosnagcath: It is said that at the dark hours of the morning a man was passing through this place when a large squad of cats almost knocked him off his horse.
Boherduff: This is also a by-road namely because this is a very dark and lonely village that surrounds it.
Mannagh Boreen: This boreen leads from Clostoken church to the public road.
Botar Buide: A boreen above Boreen Lacain and it is so called because the clay is yellow. It leads to the bog and people go there for turf.
Botar Lios na Gcath: A boreen above Botar Buide and there is a Lios beside it and that is how it got its name.