School: Dhuish
- Location:
- Dooish, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 242
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- (continued from previous page)A Breffney War Goddess is supposed to have made the peculiar deep ravine situated on the Bailieboro side of Killann Old Church. Tradition is silent as to the reason for the making of this steep sided valley.
Clankies was a name applied to the warriors who lived in this area some three and four hundred years ago. The name, used by the pale's men is derived from the self name- Clankee. It was customary for three hardy hillmen to raid the pale to their south. It is also likely that they were paid black rent from the planters as was done to O'Neill of the Jews and to the chiefs of Wicklow.
Woods Killann like most of the centre of Ireland was well wooded in former times. In fact most of the countryside was covered with trees. This can be proved by the presence of tree trunks in all the local bogs and also by the placenames. One townland 'Derry' must have been covered with an oak wood at some previous time. At the present time where is not even one oak tree and few trees of any variety to be seen in the neighbourhood. Even say fifty years ago the countryside was better wooded than at present for old men can point out places where there were trees(continues on next page)
