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School: Ballynacally, Inis (roll number 2189)

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Ballynacally, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0604, Page 117

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    in Cooga. People say that it was so called because it used to be ploughed every year long ago, and they used to sow oats, and wheat there long ago. Other people say that it means the field of the sleepers. The old people say that if you go into it before nightfall you would not be able to get out of it before day-break.

    DANGAN CASTLE
    is so called because in olden times there was a very strongly fortified castle there long ago. A woman named "Máire Ruadh" is supposed to have lived there long ago. The castle is about half a mile east of Ballynacally village.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Eily Tuohy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Inishmore or Deer Island, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Tuohy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Inishmore or Deer Island, Co. Clare