School: Kilmurry

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   Shannagh field: It got it's name from the old rath.
   Spring Well Field: (This field gets it's name form a well that is in it)
   Chapel Field: This field got it's name because it is beside the chapel.
   Tunnel Field: It is so called because there is a tunnel running out from the canal and it runs along beside the field.
   Square Meadow: It has this name because it is square in shape.
   Bog Field: This field gets it's name because it is beside the bog.
   Fort Field: It got this name because there was a big tree in the middle of it until quite recently. This tree was supposed to be a fairy tree.
   David's Garden: It got it's name from an old man named David Mann who used to live beside the field.
   Barney's Garden: This is a small field and it is called after a man named Barney Farrell who used to own it.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Scally

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   12

   Address

   Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly