School: Inis Mac ón Tír (roll number 12854)
- Location:
- Inis Mhic an Trír, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Muireann Bean Uí Chuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 112
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- Nearly every field on my fathers holding is known by its name. GortngCeactaso called from the field of the ploughs, because before the land was divided every one on the Island had a portion of this field, and in the Spring ten or eleven ploughs were to be seen at work together.
CURRAC DUBHNearly the half of our land is called Currac Dubh because it is of a boggy nature and of a blackish colour.
GORT TOBAR GARBHso called because it has no shelter from any wind, and is therefore very rough. This is a small field; it only contains about a half an acre.
GARRAIDHE BÁNthe white garden because the grass that grows there is a whitish colour. This field contains about an acre.
GORTNACRAthe acre field because it contains one acre only
CNOC NA GAOITHEso called because it is exposed to the lake and to the prevalent winds in this Island.
GORT NA thAITNEthe field of the furze so called because it was covered over with furze long ago. This field contains about three acres.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Faherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inis Mhic an Trír, Co. Galway
