School: Maoláin (roll number 6704)

Location:
Mullaun, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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    My father's farm consists of about twenty fields, each bearing a name.

    My father farm consists of about twenty fields, each having a name.
    Most of the names have no historic value whatever - the Calves Field, the Three-Cornered Field, the Paddock, the Small Field, the Coarse Meadows, etc. - each getting its name from the shape, size or use to which it is put.
    "The Shaeihín" (as it is pronounced) is a very common name on fields in this locality - obviously connected with the Irish 'sruthán' which passes near or through them.
    Jim's Field derives its name from one Jim McDermott who owned it at some period.
    The Alth Field is so called because of an Alth or cliff which is at
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah O' Hara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barrs West, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Owen O' Hara
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barrs West, Co. Leitrim