School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   “There is a nots cross not far from the school and it is called Blakes Cross after an old man that lived there by the name of Blake.”

   

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   There is a farm near where I live and nearly every field in it has a name. There is a field called the big because it is the biggest of them all. There is also a field called the pump field because there is a pump in it. There is a field called the horsefield because it is the best fenced field to hold the horses in. There is a field and it is called the cottagefield because there is a cottage lot taken out of it. There is another farm and there is a field in it called the Bridgefield because there is a bridge in it. There is a field and it is called the fort field because there is a fort in it. There is a field in a farm and it is called sheepfield because long ago it was always stocked with sheep. There is a field that is called the kilnfield because there was kiln build in it in which lime used be burned.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Derry, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   John Fitzgerald

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   59

   Address

   Derry, Co. Kerry