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UGA P/P120/1/8/3/1
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Breenaun
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9pp
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A set of index cards outlining some of the local features of the townland of Breenaun, [Na Braonáin]. Summary notes outlining the origin of the placename (a small fairy mount according to the OS Field Name Books), its proprietor at the time of Griffiths Valuation, and descriptions of a mass grave of famine victims, Log an Ime, a ruined Abbey, 3 steep mountains, and Breenaun Bridge. A detailed note on Sruthán an Leachta, local lore on the origin of the name 'Braonán', some illustrations of different headstones in the graveyard, and Leacan.
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English