Glengoaghan
Item
Title
Glengoaghan
Description
Set of index cards describing the local features of the townland of Glencoaghan [Gleann Chóchan]. Features described include a lime kiln, Mám na bhFonsaí (recorded as Mám na Uinsí or rim in some places), Lotaí, Tinteánaí, Trinsí, Binn Dubh (Bencollaghduff on the OS map), The Planted Island, a Children's Burial Ground (a photo of which is included in 'Croí Chonamara'), Bengower, An Sindile (an arable area rich in quartz, and with a lime kiln), Mám Dearg (between Binn Dubh and Binn Bhán), Aill an Torainn, the mines (possibly sulphur), Binn Gabhair, Cnoc Trasna, Loch Cúl an Drama, Log an tSabha, Mám na Gaoithe, Mám an Lotaigh, and Fonsaí Ghaineamh. Local sources credited with providing information include local man Pat Joyce, Dela McAuley and Martin O'Malley, William O'Brien of Lotaí, Mrs Leonard of Ballinahinch Lodge, and John Hynes of Gleann Chóchan. (See also Teivebreen/Taobh Braoin for a brief description of Binn Briain, located between the two townlands).
Glengoaghan.
Format
22pp
Identifier
nuigalway:2435
ead-unitid: p120_1_1_32
Relation
Tim Robinson
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Subject
describing--Glencoaghan--Chchan--described--recorded--Tintena--Bencollaghduff--Childrens--Chonamara--Bengower--possibly--sulphur--Ghaineamh--providing--information--OMalley--Ballinahinch--TeivebreenTaobh--description--townlands--Moyrus Civil Parish Roundstone Roman Catholic Parish