School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 105

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  1. The people around this place have a custom of putting names on their fields in Irish. These are some of them Baile na sclacaí. The town of the slates baile na gaoiche. The town of the wind Baile na bfadog. The town of the plovers Cnuc a Dalaigh. O Donnells hill. Ált na peiste The hole of the worms. Poll na Lucaire The hole of the rushes. Poll n mBreadan The hole of fish. Baile na muice. The
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Cark, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Rose Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal