Ardkyle
Item
Title
Ardkyle
Description
Set of index cards describing some of the local features of the townland of Ardkyle, [Ardchoill]. Descriptions are given of Freaghillaun South (Freegh Island), Carraig Ghéar (Carrigeen South), Cuainin Garbh, Ross Beach, Poll na gColm (Ooeycolum on the OS maps), Glasoileán, Leac na mBó, Leac na Sronna, and Fruaigh Leathan. Some notes are included offering musings on the meanings of the different place names. Paddy Heanue of Letterbeg, and an old man who lives in the last cottage in Ardkyle are credited as providing some of the information therein. A note on a ruined megalith, 25 metres from a cliff ledge. A letter from Mike Gibbons (1988), is credited as being the source of some of the information.
Ardkyle.
Format
11pp
Identifier
nuigalway:2553
ead-unitid: p120_1_3_1
Relation
Tim Robinson
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Subject
describing--Ardchoill--Descriptions--Freaghillaun--Carrigeen--Ooeycolum--Glasoilen--different--Letterbeg--providing--information--megalith--information--Ballinakill Civil Parish Ballynakill or Letterfrack Roman Catholic Parish