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yard. This, lie was informed by Mr. George Martin of Greenville, covered 

 the remains of a Kirwan, who, with his men, held the cross-roads midway 

 between Corrigtwohill and Midleton for three days against the forces of 

 Murrough O'Brien. Kirwan was finally overcome and slain. 



S. I > I >. Carraigean (-iarraidheach — "The Kerrymen's Hock." Probably 

 the" Bock "was a natural outcrop. The name is now applied to a cross- 

 roads on the outskirts of the village : the place was "a stand," on Sundays 

 after Mass and on mornings in harvest, for the spailpins, or wandering 

 labourers, from Co. Kerry, ready to dispose of their services to the highest 

 bidder. 



Ciiil na Beilge — " Churchyard Corner," a field adjacent to the cemetery. 

 In the same field is a natural limestone cave, called Poll na Reilge. 



]■„;,, M6r— "Greal Field." 



Carraig Tuathail, "Tuathal's Rock"; an outcrop or bluff of limestone, 

 near uorth boundary of the townland, from which townland and parish derive 

 their nam.'. In this rock was a cave from which ran a subterranean passage, 

 formerly believed to lead to the "Goats' Bole," in Ballintubrid — that is, 

 Borne two miles to the south-< 



I Daibhche — "Well of the Vat." Dabluush is both masculine and 



feminine. In the present instance, the name is applied to a well in the 

 village, to rear of I ition. 



Tobar Carraig a* 1'huill — " Bock Hole Well." The writer met a place of 

 the same name in the Australian backblocks — almost beyond civilization. 



Ci ' luaiiiin — " Little Meadow." Area, 676a. 



Cloinne <D. S. Map). 



There was at least one lios, but it survives no longer. It stood in the 

 Geld now called "The Lawn," in front of Oloneen House. 



8.DD. Sliabb Bior — "Great Mountain," a subdivision — of no great 



nt. 



Clais an tSWibbe— "The Mountain Trench." The name is applied to a 

 large Geld. 



Ban a" Gharrain — "The Grove (or Garden) Field." 



"The Tread Mill Field"; so called, I was informed, from the fact that a 

 poor fellow, found stealing turnips therein, was obliged to purge his contumacy 

 on the treadmill. 



DUFF, Claidhe Dubh— " Black Earthen Fence." Compare Blackditches, 

 I Dublin. Area, 111a. 



