School: Muine Chonalláin (C.)

Location:
Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Lochnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 268

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  1. Our farm which contains over thirty acres is said to be one of the richest in the district.
    About five acres of it is untillable but the rest is level arable land.
    The fields are named as follows

    Log na n-Uan
    Talamh Garbh
    Gallows Hill
    Bearna Buidhe
    Sraith Mhór
    The Bridge Field

    It is said that hundreds of lambs played and frisked every Summer in Log na n-Uan long ago.
    Bearna Buidhe where the
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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
    Collector
    Maggie Weir
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Weir
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo