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School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)

Location:
Windfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Lócháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0032

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  1. Old Place Names (continued)

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    About a quarter of a mile from my house there is a field called Ganoade Lohan. It got this name from a man by the name of Lohan that is buried there.
    About half a mile from my house there is a village called Ganoade. It got this name because it lies within a bog and there is hardly a sod of good land in it.
    About a quarter of a mile from this school there is a very long hill called Isgir, and it is said that it is part of the ditch that was built from Dublin to Galway to divide Ireland into two parts.
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  2. Old Place Names

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    There are alot of place names called after old streames or bushes such as "Tom Árd" or mispronounced "Túaim Ard" about a mile and a half of our school. This village is called after an old bush which grew in a field
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