School: Baile 'n tSléibhe (B.) (roll number 1344)

Location:
Cornalee, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Máirtín Mac Conchradha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 129

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 129

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  1. (1) Derrycahill - Doire Cathal - the wood of Charles.
    (2) Breole - given in John O'Donovan's letters.
    (3) Feevaghmore - so called from being a large - wild hunting ground.
    (4) Feevaghbeg - so called from being a smaller hunting ground.
    (5) Cartronkelly - owing to the number of families of the name Kelly which lived there. There are still some families of the name.
    (6) Ballyglass - A marshy boggy townland
    (7) Ballyminton - A number of families of that name (Minton) was supposed to have lived there
    (8) Miltown - A mill is supposed to have existed somewhere on the banks of the canal - no trace remains
    (9) Culleenoola - The wood of the apples (given in O'Donovan's letters)
    (10) Culleenirvan - An old man some years ago stated that this meant the wood where one man lived alone.
    (Coillín - fhir amháin)
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dysart, Co. Roscommon