School: Gearrbhaile (Garbh-dhoire?) (roll number 12110)

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   “A field in Gurteendush is called Poll Capall.”

   

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   Peg who lived nearby.

   Poll Capall Dáithí is also called the "Field of the Pagan" as local tradition has it that Dáithí went to plough the field on a Sunday, but the ground opened and swallowed himself and his horses and plough.

   Colmanstown. A witch lived nearby who drowned evil-doers in that well.

   Cnoc na Sidheóige (Garbally)
   A man who went to plough that hill was accosted by a fairy who enquired if he intended to plough "up to her door". As there was no door to be seen he continued his work, but died mysteriously that same night.

   Poll Ifrinn (Coolooerty, Moylough). A hole in the local river which is supposed to be bottomless and as deep as hell.

   Tobar an Amhráin - A well near Clooncurreen River. Long ago a woman and her husband lived nearby. One day the man was drowned in the well. Ever since it is locally believed, the woman returns one night in every twenty years and sings a lament for her late husband.

   Poll Paitín

   A hole in Clooncurreen River where Paitín

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   Topics

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

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Informant

   Tannian

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Ballynamona, Co. Galway