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              Oiriúlach [Oirbhealach]
              UGA P/P120/1/1/50 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the features of Oiriulach [Oirbhealach/Ervallagh]. Features described include Creig Dú (Creggduff), Leave Mhaoil, Crompán, Grant's Lifting Stone, Foyle Harbour, Baile Robuck, Cloch na Rón (Roundstone Rock), and Ellistrum Lodge, where De Valera visited upon his release from prison. Local sources credited with providing information include John Morgan, Bernard O'Toole, Joe Rafferty, and Rosaleen Mills.

              An Ros Rua
              UGA P/P120/1/1/51 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the features of An Ros Rua [Rosroe]. Robinson quotes local sources in summarising the history of the village in the 19th century, once quite a busy harbour, but declining as a village early into the Famine. Features described include the Rosroe Boat Harbour, a marsh North-West of Rosroe Lough called Muing Sanders, Cnocán Rí, Tamhnach Mór, The Lily Lake, Rosroe Bay, Bun a Trinse, Caladh Bháid Mhóir, Cora an Trá, The Poorhouse, Sruthair na Míoltóg, Cora an tSalainn, Loch Stiofáin Uí Mhongáin, Cora Phádraig, Cora Raithní, Loch Barr an Bhaile (where Marconi experimented with kites), and Locháin an Dubhaigh (The Mud Holes). Credited with providing information are Tom and Peter Conneely, Joe Joyce, Tom Conneely, and Joe Joyce.

              Shannakeela
              UGA P/P120/1/1/52 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the features of Seanadh Chaola [Shannakeela]. Some of the features described include Log an Iarainn, Eas Mór, Iomaire Bán, the Standing Stone, An Tinteán, Cloontippeen Bridge, Log Mór, Meall an Brocaí, Cluain tSoipín, Shannakeela Lake, Abhainn Bhuí, Droichead an Úcaire, and Log an Iarainn. John Barlow, Jo O'Malley, and Martin Joyce are credited with providing information.

              Sraith Sháile
              UGA P/P120/1/1/53 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the features of Sraith Sháile, [Scrahallia], including Caorán, the Mass path (for Ballinafad Church), Altóir, and Gleann Mór.

              Tawnaghmore
              UGA P/P120/1/1/54 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the features of An Tamhnach Mhór [Tawnaghmore], namely Sraith na gCapall, and Garraí na Sceiche. An un-named local woman, and local man Feichín Ó'Tuathail are credited with providing information.

              Cloch na Rón
              UGA P/P120/1/1/55 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing some of the local ecclesiastical, historical, and geographical features of Roundstone, [Cloch na Rón]. Background information sourced from Hardiman, and from the 1849 sale of the Martin Estate which covers the building of a pier there by the Fisheries Board and Alexander Nimmo. Included in the descriptions are the 19th century Protestant Church and its memorials, the Presbyterian Meeting House which was demolished in 1930, the Presbyterian Church, the Franciscan Monastery, The Fort, (occupied for a while by the English musician Sting / Gordan Matthew Thomas Sumner), The Old Store, Garryowen, Srutháin na Srúille, the Harbour, Ballagh House, Roundstone Bay, Waymount, Clougherty's (a shop and pub, and the site of the current Garda station), Bólard, the Coastguard's Office (referred to as The Boat House in 1899 map), Farrell's Road (a site of several Famine graves), Ballagh House, Newton Buildings (now the site of the local Health Centre), The Old Quay, the Catholic Church which was built in 1830, and the knitting factory. Summary of some of the information from the Royal Commision of Inquiry into the State of Irish Fisheries, 1836, from the Roundstone Famine Relief Committee, and from the Martin Estate Sale document of 1849. One card giving an account entitled 'The Story of Alice', referring to Alice McCaulter. Noel King, Michael Verron, M. Bairéad, and John McQuaid are all credited with providing some of the information and anecdotes in these notes. The Galway Vindicator was also a source of information about the Roundstone Famine Relief Committee.

              Tievebreen
              UGA P/P120/1/1/56 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing Binn Briain, measuring 2,276 feet, located between Tievebreen [Taobh Braoin], and Gleann Chóchan.

              Tuaim Beola
              UGA P/P120/1/1/57 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing the townland of Tuaim Beola [Toombeola], drawing background information from Griffith's Valuation, and the Report of Commissioners of Public Instruction in 1835, which reported that a hedge school kept by Patrick Reddington was operated from under Tuaim Beola bridge. Features described include The Scholar's Road, Tuaim Beola National School, the Presbyterian School, Ballynahich River, The Green Turn, the Methodist Mission Church, Dothulla, Cnocán Rua, The Fishery, and the Abbey. Peter Ward credited with providing some of the information.

              Tullachlumman Beg
              UGA P/P120/1/1/58 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing the townland of Tullachlumman Beg [Tulach Lomáin Bheag], and two of its lakes: Loch na gCrann, and Loch na Sudairí. John King of Roundstone is credited with providing some of the information.

              Tamhnach Bhán / Bán
              UGA P/P120/1/1/59 · Item
              Part of Personal

              Set of index cards describing the townland of Tamhnach Bhán/Bán [Tawnaghbaun]. Included in the description are various local features including Loch Bheag, Garraí Pheadaí, Cnocán na hAibhne, Balla Bhannóg, Oileán Cois Fharraige, Aill na mBó, Garraí Cheann Mhór, Oileán na hAbhann, Balla Chúlóg, Tobar Bhidí, Carraigneachaí, Béalain, Lochán Dealaí, Dóilín, Muing, Oileán an Ghiolcaigh, Carraig an Ime, Oileán na Craoibhe, Tamhnach Bán Lake, and Cois Fharraige (a small peninsula on the South Coast, and the site of a megalithic tomb). Tom Conneely and Joe Joyce are credited with providing some of the information.