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   There is a field in our farm by the name of "The Black valley". It got its name in this way. There are two hills and in the middle of those hills the earth is black.
   There is another field called "The Cnochíns" it is so called because the are little hills in the field.
   There is another field which is called the [?] dubh or the black Lot. There is another field which is called the "Radio" in former days there was a radio station there and that is how it got its name.

   

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   III Glebe land is land following a church yard Páirc na gCaorach which means the field of the sheep. The crippa where four landlords met. Garry duff or the black garden becaus the land being very black. The pound field is the field where cattle are grazing.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballinvoher, Co. Kerry

   Collector

   Mary Dowling

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinvoher, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr John Carroll

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   81

   Address

   Ballinvoher, Co. Kerry