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School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

Location:
Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
D. E. Tate
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 264

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    There are a lot of names on the fields and places round here. The names of some of the fields and hills about our farm are, The March, it got that name becauase, it is beside another persons farm, Garnaruadh, got its name because the field is covered with brackens. Johnny Mourishes hill got its name after a man called Maurice who used to cut sods on the little hill. His father was called John that is how it got its name. The Falls is a place where water runs down a little brae. "The back of the Rock Field" is a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Clonmass, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Margaret Jacob
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Jacob
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmass, Co. Donegal