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School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)

Location:
Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Ó Damhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 132

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    had a church.
    The cove of Laugh-na-hu. I often heard people say that the cove of Laugh-na-hu got its name because there is a river running into a rock and it called the cove of Laug- a-hu.
    The curragh got its name because it is a little wet field and is called the curragh.
    Corrign-cor got its name because long ago there was supposed to have been a land slide and it carried all the rocks down of the mountain and Corrigeen -cor got its name in this way
    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
    Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Bernadette Rooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim