School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 613
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- (continued from previous page)which was baile h-Eilidhe called after a family of Healys' who lived there. With its change of name, Ballyhely underwent a great change of condition. From being a wild, unfenced, uncultivated tract, producing nothing but grass, with here and there a white-thorn or one of those holly bushes from which it got its modern name, it has become as Hollybrook, a fine demesne extending about a mile along the high-road, stretching along the road to Lough Arrow, and yielding timber of all kinds, and of the best quality.The region round Hollybrook is at once highly picturesque and historical. The smooth, still lake with its sparkling islands of the freshest green, the rich cultivated tracts of land at each end of the sheet of water, and range after range of mountains in the distance are scenic features, such as it would be next to impossible to find in any other county in Ireland. The seat of squire Ffolliott is now a Hotel owned by a one, Mr. Smyth(continues on next page)
