School: Lismacaffry

Location:: Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 229

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cut down to Mass by the style. River Field The river field divides Correally from Coolnagun. It got its name from the river that is in it. Burned Tree The burned tree got its name for it was burned. It is in Pat Smith's field of Correally. It divides Correally from Fermore.
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There is a drain between Peter Leavy's land of Co. Longford and James Carrigy's land of Co. Westmeath, in Moy Goosh that is called drain. It got its name because living near it was a family called and ever after that the drain is called.
The Windmill River.
In Coolnagun there is a river called the windmill river, because long ago there was a windmill along it. It flows through Co. Westmeath in Moy Goosh.
Printy's Garden

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