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   "Tobar" in Gortnalon, owned by P.Kelly.
   It is a small field and there was a well there long ago from whence it got it's name.
   Gleannta in Gortnalon, owned by T. Walshe.
   It is a low meadow-field surrounded by hills.
   Baile na bucaig,in Gortnalon
   Cluain a mhor, in Lenarea owned byM. Dooley.

   

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2. Names of Places

   

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   Sruthán in Clough, owned by Thomas Greally. The meaning of sruthan is a stream. Cor an Phreáchain, Clough, owned by T. Greally. A round hill where the crows used to rest. Guirt a Chuinigean, Clough, owned by T. Greally. A field where a man named Cunningham lived. Sean Gáirdín, Clough, owned by T. Greally. An old garden where apples used to grow and the people used to make cider of them. Páircín na Laogh. Clough, owned by T. Greally. A field where tailors and smiths kept their calves. Lios, Clough, owned by T. Greally. A lios is a fort. There is a lios in that field.

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   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
   2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Clogh, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Rita Greally

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clogh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Greally

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   65

   Address

   Clogh, Co. Galway