School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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- (continued from previous page)shape of a triangle.Gort Eilisé. It got it name because there was a woman living there whose name was Éilis. Gort an cúil Ríadh. Because it is a heathery field. Heights.
Corcán na nge. Because it was a hill where the geese loved to stay. The hill of the pigeons. So called because the pigeons stayed there in winter. The Rugán. So called because there is a fairy fort there and tradition says that there is a pot of gold hidden in it and that there is a fairy cat minding it. There is also another story told about it. One time there was a woman going to the market of Mount Bellew and as she crossed out by the Rugán she saw a man who asked her to care a baby. She did so and when she went in she saw a man behind the door crying. She asked the other man why was he crying. The man told her that when she would go home her next door neighbour(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Peter Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballingatta, Co. Galway
