School: Drumgossatt (C.)

Location:
Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Áine Nic Ghráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 038

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 038

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  1. Ált - It is a field with a hollow and a big bray in it.
    Srah = Sraith - It is a long meadow low at the bottom and high at the head.
    Dora Muc - It is said that the blck pig ran through it.
    Poll na Muice - It is a round or three cornered field with holes where the black pig rolled some time ago.
    Stohan - Stofhan - It is a long high hill with ferns, whins, and big rocks of stones.
    Srath Bhán - It is a mossy field. It is so called because lime was put out there to bleach.
    Gearra Crom means the crooked garden. It has also humps and hollows in it.
    Paraic na Trudga - It is so called because it is said anyone that would go through this field would be taken
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan