My Local Area.
My name is Mairead C. I am twelve years old. Graughill is the name of the village I live in. It is the only village in the area in which a battle was fought for tenants rights in the year 1881.It was known as the Battle of the Boreen. There was also a song composed The Battle of the Boreen.
O Brethren dear did you hear
What happened here below
In the barony of Erris
Near Inver in Mayo
The recorded feats of
other years
Are nothing when compared
To the trials and tribulations
That our natives here have shared.
The word
Graughill means Glen of Blood. There are twenty-four inhabited houses in our
village. There are three uninhabited houses. We have three different companies
in our village comprising a Knitwear factory ,a building contractor and an agricultural
contractor and plant hire. Graughill was of old a fishing village. There were
once shoemakers in our village and they were caller the Greasaí. Graughill
is now a mainly a farming village. Graughill is located along the coast line
and at the foot of a hill called Cnoc Nancy.
(Thank you to 'The Lighthouse', Inver Community Magazine)
