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"Ballinookera" got its name because of the fine soil in some parts of it.

Abstract: Story collected by John Wall, a student at Aghada school (Aghada, Co. Cork) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0393/3/6

 Aghada [Vol. 0393, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cork Schools

COLLECTOR
Wall, John 
Gender
male
Location
Ballynookery (Townland) 
Aghada (Civil parish) 
Imokilly (Barony) 
Cork (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Aghada  [duchas:4899868]

"Ballinookera" got its name because of the fine soil in some parts of it. The soil is black. There was a water-mill here long ago. There was another water-mill in Ballytibbet and the mill stream can still be seen.
                    John Wall
                  Ballinookera

Resource description

Origin information
Aghada, Co. Cork
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 057
Volume 0393
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Dubhgáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Historical and commemorative structures--Séadchomharthaí
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Penal times--Aimsir na bpéindlíthe
School location
Aghada Áth Fhada Aghada Aghada Imokilly Cork
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5182681
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0393/3/6

Suggested credit
""Ballinookera" got its name because of the fine soil in some parts of it."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5182681>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Dubhgáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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