What is recorded here

Deserted settlements expose the limits of human memory. They remove the false belief that every act must be recorded or witnessed. What is forgotten is not lost. It returns through dream, intuition and the life force of the universe.

Unlocated village within townland mentioned in 1571 Elizabethan land grant to Owen mac Hugh O'Dempsie although the Earle of Kildare does lay claim tot he villages of 'Ballycarroll, Ballyteighduffe, Ballyodin alias Boydonstowne, Dirryfunchin alias Dirryfunchior, Ballyorlade (Abhalghort) alias Orchardston (Ullard), Ballinurcher, Clomany and Kilmorhcil , as parcell of the said Earl's Manor of Leigh' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, p. 52). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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