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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 19

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 19

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    1: The kill field and the reason this field got it name, the are a lime kill in it
    2: The are another field near our house, the name of it is the upper bray, and the reason it got it name it is above the road
    3: The are another field called the lower bray, and the reason it got its name because it is below the road and the are a bray in it.
    4: The quarry hole field, and the reason it go its name, the are a place in the field where people used to quarry stones and the left a hole in it and for ever since it is called the quarry hole field.
    5: The heathery hill field, and the reason it got its name, because the are heather growing in it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal