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School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 211

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    Lemonfield is a place where the sun shone right down on so one of the O'Flahertys - one of the tribes of Galway - tried to sow lemons in it but he failed. Ever since it is called Lemonfield and also the fields that surround it.
    Rusheeney is south of Oughterard it means small patches of land around a mountain.
    Barr- Rusheeney is a village South east of Oughterard on a mountain; it is supposed to be Rusheeney top.
    Camp St. got its name from soldiers who camped there.
    Macaire Mór got its name from a plain in it.
    Cluais is the ear or end of Macaire Mór
    There are some fields in my father's land that got their names from their shape. An Gaírdin Fada is called the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Oughterard, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Kathleen Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female