School: Banada (B.) (roll number 14304)
- Location:
- Banada, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Sr. Mac Dhuarcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 018
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Dauris is the name of the village in which i live. There is a field in the village called cos A' Gharraidhe. It was all one field first and they cut out a bit of it for a garden. They put a hedge around the bit that they cut out to be the garden. They called the rest of it cos A' Gharraidhe. It is very rough land.
There are hollows in it. It is a very wide field. It is not a very long field. At the end of it there is a small well. It is not a spring well.
There is another place still called bárr a'Gharraidhe. It is one side of the bog. It is very rough land. There are rushes growing in it. One side of it there is a bank of turf cut. There grows a meadow in it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Mearáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dawros, Co. Sligo
