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   Mary's Field; Because a woman by the name of Mary lived there.
   Goat House field, American garden.
   Dowlings field: People by the name of Dowlings lived there.
   Morris's bán: People by the name of Morris lived in that field.
   The school house park: There was an old school there.
   Gundies Field:
   Collected by Rosaleen Bracken (12), brackling, Kilbeggan, W.meath.

   

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   Hills
   Castle Hill, Shanragh Hill, Derryhill, The Fort hill, Gundies Hill, Clover Hill. Puckey's Hill.
   (Collected by Kate Coyne (12), Derrygrogan Big, Ballycommon)

   

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   Shanragh Hill: It got it's name from an old rath that was on the hill. Clover Hill: It got it's name because it was with clover. Nancy Gundy's Hill: It got it's name because Nancy Gundy lived in a house at the top of the hill. Scrub Hill: It got it's name because a scrub grew on the top of the hill. Castle Hill: It got it's name because there was a castle built on the hill. Collected by Sheila Boland (14), Wood-of-O, Tullamore.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Boland

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Wood of O, Co. Offaly