School: Kilmacowen (roll number 14441)
- Location:
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Pheadair
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- (continued from previous page)of the doors, windows, and fire places are yet visible and the three departments are also to be found.
There are many other old ruins in our local district the most important being the old church in the Kilmacowen cemetry which was constructed by a great chief who once lived in the townland. It was from this that the townland was so called. - We have many old place names commonly used in the surrounding district though we do not know why some of them are called.
They are used nowadays to distinguish fields and roads from each other.
Those are a few used in my district, "Iruins Brac" "Bradley's Crossroads" " Red Gate" "Clockwell" "Foxes Den" Tobar na mBullóig" "Trocám na Mór" "Stone Park" and many others. "Irwins Brae" is(continues on next page)- Collector
- Denis Hunt
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Hunt
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Breeoge, Co. Sligo