1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Loughduff (B.)

School: Loughduff (B.)

Location:
Loughduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ó Heidhin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 039

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 039

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Loughduff (B.)
  2. XML Page 039
  3. XML “Local Place Names”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Place Names (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Micky's Flax Hole:-T. Derries, O. Mullahoran so called because flax was drowned there.
    The Mouth of the Lough:- T. Derries, P. Mullahoran, so called because the river and lough meet there.
    Keirnan's bush:- T. Derries, P. Mullahoran so called because a man named Keirnan planted it.
    Spuddles Hole:- T. Carnagh, P. Mullahoran, so called it is a very deep hole beside Spuddles land.
    The Acre:- T. Derries, P. Mullahoran, so called because it is a very small field.
    The Smooth-iron, T. Derries, P. Mullahoran so called because it is a small field in the shape of a smooth-iron.
    The Canter:- T. Derries, P. Mullahoran, so called because it was an old pass.
    Winny's bush:- T. Derries, P. Mullahoran
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Loughduff, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    James Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derries, Co. Cavan