School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 048
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- (continued from previous page)place in the parish of Knock called Baile na Cloiche because it is a very stony place. There is a very large stone in a field in Bekan. It is said that a long time ago some great man was buried there and that this big stone was placed over him. It is called the black man's stone. It is said that he was a black or a German.
- We have seven fields and the names of them are Páirc Fada because it is a long field.
Sand-pit field because there is a sand-pit in it.
Quarry field because there were stones quarried in it.
Another is called the lay field because it was never ploughed.
Páirc an Tobair is the name of another because there is a well in it.
Páirc na Clasa because there is a hollow in it.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Jarlath Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brickeens, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brickeens, Co. Mayo
