School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_052

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  1. Upper Templecrone is the name of the parish we live in. Templecrone means Cronan’s Temple. St Cronan was a woman saint who lived down in the Rosses in a place called Termon. There is a big stone of hers the shape of a ball down in that place. Once a man took that stone to America but the next week it
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tuaim, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Ghiolla Riadaí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Maggie McCready
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuaim, Co. Donegal