School: Dubh Achadh/Dooagh (B.)
- Location:
- Dooagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0086H, Page 04_002
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- (continued from previous page)Burrishoole, and the western part of the Barony Murrisk. Umhall was the more level eastern part of the territory.
The name Aicill survives in that part of the Island of Achill and Aicill or Eacail was used to designate what is now the Barony of Murrisk as late as the middle of the thirteenth century. The O'Malley country, however, has been more commonly known as Umhall since the Patrician period. After the de Burg came in 1235 what is present the Barony of Burrishoole, including Achill, was called lower umhall (pronounced ooal). Umhall Lochtrach, N ether or Northern Owal, Owle, Owyll, and other variants of the spelling. The English form is pronounced ool. In Nether Owal was a multitude of small islands in Clew Bay.
Umhall Machtrach, Southern or Upper (up towards Rome) Umhall or Owal, called also Owle Mailly, or owlmale, is the Barony of Murrisk(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Máille
- Gender
- Male
