Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Ross, [An Ros]. Features described include Carraigín, and the Coastguard Station. Some information is given about Ross House, including a brief history of its ownership, and an illustration of its coat of arms which can be found above the archway in the barracks yard. Mr. Lydon of Tooreen is credited as being one local source of information.
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Index card giving a description of the townland of Gortrummagh, [An Gort Dromach]. A coastguard station and boathouse are briefly described on this index card, along with a note stating it was once part of the D'Arcy estate.
UntitledSet of index cards giving a brief description of the townland of Moorneen [Muirnín]. Included are descriptions of a megalith (a two chambered tomb, and a small accompanying sketch), the children's burial ground, the former coastguard station, and a note on Sellerna Bay.
UntitledSet of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of (An) Aill Bhreac, [Aillebrack]. Included among the set of cards are descriptions of Carraig an Lios (more familiar to locals as Carraig Áilis, or Ailice's rock, used as a place to bury children until 1803), Split Rock, Cnocán Breac (Guaire na bpáistide in the Field Name Book), Holy Well and Mass Rock, Cé Bhun Abhann, Maidhm Cromaill (Cromwell Shoal), Straw Beach Island, Loch Caffrey, Bóithrín Beag, Lochán Buí, Oileán Ura (Illaunurra), Loch an Doirín, Sand Lake, Dóilainn Harbour, Cnocán na hAille Brice, Horse Island, the Well of the Seven Daughters (sometimes known locally as the Well of the Seven Sisters), Midden, Creig, Carraig Cumair, Carraig an Ghamhna (Calf Island), Buachaill (Boughillcarrickcark/Bóchaill), Carraig an Locháin, Carrach an tSeoighe, Corrach an tSrutha, Corrán, Tóin an Rosa, Carraig an Fhuaruisce, the Coastguard Station, Murlach, For Buaile, the Children's Burial Ground, Carraig an Fhioruisce, Corrán Beag, and Corrán Mór. Seán King of Ballyconneely, Martin O'Malley of Roundstone, and local man Jim O'Malley are credited with providing some of the information.
UntitledSet of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Tully More, [An Tulaigh Mhór]. Included are descriptions of the Coastguard Station, Tullymore Point, Trá na mBan, Tully Lough, the village of Tully, and Tullyroe.
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