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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 215

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    square field; it got its name by its appearance because it is a square field.
    Another field is called Gararasmis because people named Rasmaises lived there long ago.
    Another is called Cnuaicban because there was a big white hill in that field once.
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    We have a garden at home in Machaire named Mickleen na Gabha because a blacksmith had a house in it long ago. We have another garden called Cladach; it is a soft boggy place. We have two more gardens called the High Field and the Low field because there is a hill in one of them and there is no hill in the other. Another garden is Crann Úr because young trees were planted in it long ago. We have a bog named
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Maghera More, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Dhorchadha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maghera More, Co. Galway