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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 326

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    Páirc Lachy A man lived there long ago and his name was lack and that's how it got its name.
    Páirch mhór It was a big field and that's how it got its name.
    Ceathrú Láir: quarter of the mare.
    Boggarden: It was a soft and boggie field and that's how it got its name.
    Foslers: They used to call it the boggarden.
    Páirc na Sidheóga: Is was a lon some field where the faires were and that's how it got its name.
    Páirc Láir: The liddle field
    Páirc Luichre: The rushes field
    Páirc ard: The high field
    Tóin na páirce: The bottom field
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Julia Rattigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Rattigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo