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School: Mercy Convent

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 117

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 117

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    There are the ruins of one old house.
    It is said that the townland got the name "Commongate" because there was a Custom gate on the road long ago and people going into Belturbet had to pay a tax of threepence.
    The land is hilly and fairly fertile. There is no wood in the townland but there are plenty of trees. A steam called the "Mearing Drain" flows through it into a lake at Ballinlough. There is no bog in it. There is a fairy fort in the townland. It is said that a fairy appears at the fort every Christmas Eve and that there is a crock of gold under one of the trees.
    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
    Collector
    Josie Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Belturbet, Co. Cavan