Townland of Carrowbeg

Area: 464 acres
Irish Name: Meaning: Small Quarter
Spelling Variations: none

Caldragh (Early Christian)

Near Tremone Bay on road from Moville 0.5 miles N. of Carrowmenagh: on left or W. side of road at house called Trean. Arable. Restricted view. This Caldragh or Children's Burial Place is said to have been used for infants, suicides and hanged people. There is nothing apparent to indicate its position as it is a small enclosure (called a garden) behind an out-house. It is planted with trees and used as a chicken-run. The present owners of the house knew nothing of its earlier use, but other locals did. A local Gaelic scholar said that the word 'Trean' meant Children's Burial Place, but father Hegarty says it means a third quarter of land.

(Taken from The Heritage of Inishowen by Mabel R. Colhoun)

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