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Loch a Phreacain — " The Crow's Pond." This is on the southern 

 boundary of the townland. 



Bothahin an 'Atha — " Little Load of the Ford"; it crosses Corrach-na- 

 Dmimfhinne, and leads, incidentally, by and to the ceall on Ballyoran. 



"The Lriest's Load"; it runs up the south-east side, or shoulder, of 

 Corrin Hill. The name is probably due, as in similar cases, to tin; fact that 

 construction of the road was owing to efforts, or representations, of the parish 

 priest. 



Corrach-na-Druimfhimme (see under Ballyoran, supra). This is an exten- 

 sive bog, lying on east side of the townland and adjoining Ballyoran. 



Local Irish speakers had a legend of the name-giving Cow, but, unfortu- 

 nately, I failed to find an Irish speaker who remembered it. Legends retailed 

 in English for edification or delectation of the Sasanach are mostly spurious. 

 Associated with the swamp was likewise a second legend of a supernatural, 

 or magic, eel. 1 It is believed, too, that the bog was anciently a lake, and that 

 the latter was drained to defeat the fate predicted for the prince of Corrin 

 legend. In this bog, Mr. J. W. Sherlock of Fermoy discovered, about 1843, 

 the entire skeleton of an elk, which he presented to Lord Mounteashel. In 

 the same place, or neighbourhood, a Lev. Mr. Moekler found a second 

 specimen 2 . 



The Leaca (Leaca — a glen-side) ; a field. 



Deekpark. Pail an Fhiaidh — "Fence of the Deer." The form is unusual ; 

 cf. Deerpark, parish of Lismore (Co. Waterford); Deerpark, parish of Carrick- 

 on-Suir (Co. Tipperary), &c. 3 Area, 336 A. 



On the townland were three lioses. Two — of circular outline — have be< d 

 utterly destroyed, but a small oval specimen survives. On the townland is 

 likewise the site of Killawillin early church and graveyard — from which it 

 is pretty evident that Deerpark is a detached portion of an ancient, and 

 larger, Killawillin. The present townland was the deer enclosure of the 

 Earls Barrymore, whose principal residence was at Castlelyons. The Ceall 

 site is marked by a large ash-tree on Patrick Shinnick's farm. 



S.DD. Carraig na Cille. " The (Early) Church Lock " ; site of the Ceall 

 alluded to ; there are no remains. 



'Since writing the above I have found the legend in the Windele mss., It I. A., 

 vol. 12, I, 11, p. 243. The Cam was long ago called Leaba na Lira, from " The Lun," 

 a wonderful animal which abode there. This monstrous creature had four legs, groat 

 prominent eyes, and a tail, a single lash of which would uproot an oak. The monster 

 turned itself into a piast for the purpose of milking the Driniiu at night. Finn and his 

 hound were, however, sent for : they came, saw, and conquered ; valiant Bran attacked 

 and killed the Lun. 



2 Windele's Notes, R.I.A., 12, I. 7, p. r>72. 



3 Place-Names of Decies, pp. 27, 240, 200, and 200. 



