School: Baile na Cille (roll number 7454)
- Location:
- Ballynakilla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Loingaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 027
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“Tráig na Cocal got its name because when the water is low there are a lot of small shells on the strand.”
(continued from previous page)because St. Kieran landed on that strand. It is situated below the presbytery. St Kieran was a native of Capeclear and he founded a monastery in Kilkenny and on his way to Kilkenny he landed in this strand.
Trí-Cosa-Chorcáinín is situated almost straight outside Tráigh Chiaráin. It got its name because there are three small rocks standing up straight like three legs of a pot.
Browra is situated a little while to the west of Trí-Cosa-Chorcáinín. It is a long narrow rock.
Rinn na h-Eorna is situated to the west of the village. It is a point out in the sea and long ago there was barley growing there and that is why it got its name - Rinn na h-Eorna. Eorna is the Irish word for Barley.
Rinn na nGolán, is situated in Derricreveen. It got its name because there is a big stone standing in the middle of it. It is an island and the people put cattle out there. There is a road going out to it.
Cé na bPoll is situated at the bottom of a road to the east of the school.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary C. Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynakilla, Co. Cork