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School: Lisín (C.), An Sciobairín (roll number 15564)

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Lisheen Upper, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0295, Page 277

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    1) Gurteenroe - goirtín ruadh - red earth - poor land for crops

    2) Ardralla - árd-roilig - reilig

    3) Marsh: Corach - a inlet of the Ilen river - ground marshy at both sides

    4) Droumnacara - Drom na caróg - A big stone still on the farm of Michael Driscoll

    5) Collatrum - colla tirim
    6) Lisaree - lios an Riogh - a fort on farm of Denis McCarthy

    7) Poulnacallee - poll na caillighe - a huge hole near Michael Driscoll's house

    8) Ardagh - árdach - a height

    9) Fasagh - fásach - a wilderness - this townland is rough and rocky

    10) Ardnagroghery - árd-na-gcrocaire - The hangman's height - where anybody who earned the landlord's displeasure was hanged

    11) White Hall - The landlord's residence - the name extended to the townland

    12) Turk Head - Ceann Tuirc - A turk buried there at Sack of Baltimore
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      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
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    Location
    Lisheen Upper, Co. Cork