School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 95

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 95

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  1. The people around here had an old custom of naming each field and each little hill in Irish. Some of these names are difficult to understand but others are easy. These are a few of the names in this district: Mín Garbh, mín is a level place and garbh is rough. Páirc an Ghearrain, the field of mare or she horse. An Pollan, the hole or soft place. Poll na Mialtág, the hole of the midges. Poll na nEasag, the hole of the weasels. Páirc an Abhaill, the field of
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Tessie Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Neil Browne
    Gender
    Male