School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 19

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    is only a small field. It is only about one sixth the size of "Píosa Mor "
    The next field we have is called "Garra Fíorach". There are no bushes around this field and it is on a kind of a hill.
    This field is very cold. We have another field called "Marva-Lochain"
    This field got this name because it is a sort of a hill with a lake at the bottom of it. Another one of our fields is called "Molly Yar". This field is called "Molly Yar" , because long ago there was water at the bottom of it. The next one of our fields is called the " hill".
    We have a few other fields, but they have English names. One of these fields is called the "cows "field. This field wasn't tilled with
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Norah Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Annie Meer
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo