Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Bunowenmore, [Bun Abhann Mór]. Included are descriptions of Fuaigh na gColm (a smuggler's cave with a natural rock bridge across it), Inis siúl (Inishule on the OS), a note on the Blake family of Bunowen, Carraig Úna (and the tale of a member of the Conneely family who blinded the last surviving O'Flaherty, An Bioránach, then married his daughter), Doon Hill, a note on the Geoghegans, Baile Uí Chonaola, Crois (the South-Western point of Inishule), Loch an Dúin, Carraig Andrew (named after Andrew Conneely who came from the Aran Islands in 1830), Ballindoon Church, Cnoc an Dúin, Whisker's Lake, the site of Bunowen Castle of the O'Flaherties, Brandy Bridge, Cé All na Borradh. (These cards are in slightly mixed up order, need to be properly arranged). Jim O'Malley of Aill Bhreac. Martin O'Malley of Roundstone, and Mickey Nee of Foorglass are credited as being local sources of information.
Robinson,Tim,O'Malley,Jim,Martin,Nee,MickeyBlake Family
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UGA P/P120/1/5/9/1
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Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Indreabhán [Inveran]. Several cards on the Blake family (at the time of Griffith's Valuation, Patrick Blake was the Lessor, a note on Cashel House where the Blake family lived, and brief notes on Loch a' Mháire, Ballaí Indreabháin, Cnocán an Bhacaigh, Trá an Tulaigh, the Roman Catholic Church, Na Creigeáin, and a note on the Protestant Ministers. Seán Ó'Máinnín is credited as being a local source of information.
Robinson,Tim,Ó'Máinnín,Seán