School: Mulhuddart (roll number 16675)

Location:
Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 58

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  1. The Lands of Damastown
    The Pigeon Field
    The Pigeon Field is so called because there used to be a house there in which pigeons were kept. The only remains of the house which remaina is the slates that are mingled with the clay.
    The Hanging Field
    The Hanging Field is so called because it hangs over a river
    The Bullock Field
    It is so called because the grass of the field was good grass for fattening bullocks long ago.
    The Boiling Well
    It is so called because in the field next to it there is a well called the "Boiling Well" The water is supposed to be hot in winter and cold in summer in this well. The water bubbles up into the well. Nobody around the place ever remembers the well going dry. There is a taste of sulphur off the water of the well. The stream which runs from the well
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Damastown, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Anthony Critchley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Damastown, Co. Dublin