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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)

Location:
Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 381

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    In my father's farm there is a very high green mound and it can be seen miles away and people say that it is from that mound that the town land of Greenmount got its name. The people say that before it was called Greenmount if they wanted to say that a person lived in Greenmount they would say that he lives over where the "big Green Mound" is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Young
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenmount, Co. Cork
    Informant
    R. Sweeny
    Address
    Greenmount, Co. Cork