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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 01_008

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    The townland in which I live is Ballinabrone. It got its name from a quern. It is in the parish of Killuran. Killuran got its name from a church which was built by St Furan. There is a graveyard now where this church was. The parish of Killuran is divided into a number of town lands namely Killuran More, Killuran Abbey, Guntatrassa, Drummin, Drimeen, Mongeenagh, Pollnucra, and Cappalea. Cappalea in Irish is Capall Fiadh which means wild horse
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballynabrone, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Peggie Cooney
    Gender
    Female