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TOWNLAND TALES: The furnace in Carra

There are many placenames in Mayo that are older than the name of the county. Four of these are associated with the barony of Carra, including the...

28.03.2024 20

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John Ocallaghan

TOWNLAND TALES: Digging into the fields of Murrisk, Burrishoole and Carra

THIS is the third article on the townland names in Mayo containing the word ‘field.’This week, before concluding the series in a fortnight’s...

02.02.2024 10

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John Ocallaghan

TOWNLAND TALES: Wicked dogs and windblown hawthorns

Two weeks ago, we were in the southeastern barony of Clanmorris, where we took our first look at ‘-field’ names. This time, we move further...

19.01.2024 7

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John Ocallaghan

TOWNLAND TALES: Getting to grips with grassy places in Murrisk Barony

IN Irish placenames, the anglicised syllable ‘lena’ or ‘leena’ comes from the Irish word ‘léana’, meaning ‘low-lying grassy place’,...

27.10.2023 5

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John Ocallaghan

TOWNLAND TALES: Knocking around Kilmeena

Out on my walk around Cloonmonad and the Demesne recently, I bumped into Seán Fahy tending to the shrubs inside the Quay entrance to Westport House....

30.09.2023 7

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John Ocallaghan

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