School: Errew (Mainistir) (roll number 12727)
- Location:
- Errew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: An Br Ó Broin
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- There are some castles about three miles from here. One in Castle-Bourke and one in Castle-Banra. In Castle-Bourke castle there is boats loads of bones, big and small. In Castle-Banra there is a slide and the priests was shoved down the slide into the lake.
- The following are the names of some the fields and streams in our district. Owen Deasy has alot of queer names in his farm. he has a field called the fort. It is so called because in a wood on the top of a hill in which it is situated there is a fort. It is believed that were fairies in it long ago.
He has an other field called the far field which got that name because it was the nearest field to Bally-Heane maring.
He has two fields too, called the Clochars and the Lane. Why one is called the Clochars is, because there is a very rocky part in it. The Lane is so called because it is a level field.
He has an other field called The Park which was given its name because it is a level(continues on next page)
