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Saleen Lake

Posted by Alan King on June 18, 2015 at 14:57:44:

The townland of Saleen has a cool explanation. According to the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books of 1838, Sáilín means a little heel so the shape of Saleen Lake is described as the 'story of the devil in the shape of a rat biting a man's heel'.

 





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