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The precise location of a possible medieval settlement on Fenit Island has not been located. Folklore collected from Chapeltown (Baile na hEaglaise) School recorded the following tradition; ' In ancient times two large villages were in Fenit Island - one in the west in a place called Cuan [harbour] Garsons [?] and another in the east [KE028-097----] near where the old mill [KE028-097001-] is indicated on the map. No trace of these exists today only the ruins which are occasionally turned up by the plough. The Teampaillín [KE028-023001-] would thus be centrally situated between both villages' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 271; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4706321/4702383).
See attached sketch map of Island showing the location of the harbour (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0438, Page 259), Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 14 June 2022
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