Township: Heylipol

Map Reference: Heylipol 13

Name Type: agriculture

Meaning: The black (peaty) park

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This piece of open sliabh opposite Island House was once fenced in - DK.

It was fenced for horses but opened up in the 1950s when tractors came in - AK.

A swan nested there in the 1920s when he walked to school from Balemartine to Cornaigmore and he often went down to look at its nest - NMcD.

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Languages : Gaelic

Informants: Donald Kennedy, Balinoe, 1/1994

Informant 2: Archie Kennedy, Crossapol, 10/1995

Informant 3: Neil MacDonald, Balevullin, 3/2013