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School: Eileastrom (2)

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Ellistrin Big, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1084, Page 218

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    Some of the names of our fields are, the Cairn field, The Moor field, Marcuses garden the Hall field, the Plantin field, the Camps and Hanley's craft.
    A good many years ago there was a greap of stones in the Cairn field and that is how it got its name.
    The moor field is so called because there is heather growing on it.
    Marcuses garden got its name after the man who owned it called Marcus.
    The hall field is so called because it is in front of the hall door.
    The plantin field got its name because it is beside the plantation.
    A good many years before the last war, soldiers had camped for a while in Castlegay and after that it was called the Camps.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Maud Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Kelso
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortnavern, Co. Donegal