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   in a certain place called "Biddy Browne's". It got its name from a woman named Brigid Browne who lived there long ago.
   At the end of my village there is a place locally known as "Talamh Buide". It got is name "Talamh Buide" as there is nothing only rushes and heath growing in it.
   In the middle of my village there is a field called "the rick field". It got its name, because they used to make a great number of small ricks in that field long ago.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   In the western end of the townland of Ballinlough in my father's land there is a meadow locally known as Gannon's meadow

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballinlough, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Peter O' Malley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinlough, Co. Mayo