School: Baile na hInse (roll number 7440)
- Location:
- Ballynahinch, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Muirghis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 248
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- On opposite Page - Sketch map.Area: 27 Statute acresPosition: One statute mile due north of Ballinahinch.History: Name "Lochalanne" has evidently ? some connection with "Danes" - Loclannaig.
An island stands in the middle of the marsh but cannot be approached owing to dangerous swaying of the [sgrath?] underfoot: this [sgrath?] it is said forms the surface of submerged lake which is connected by an underground channel with O'Brien's Glen N.W of "Lochlalanne". At a point about mid way between end of marsh and beginning of O'Brien's Glen a horse belonging to O'Brien, broke the surface sod and sank into the ground and had to be roped up. This occurred in the spring of 1937.(continues on next page)- Informant
- Michael O' Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Pensioner
- Address
- Ballynahinch, Co. Tipperary