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School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 287

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    The Whin Park is a field which contains about 18 acres, and about forty years ago it was covered with whins and that is how it got its name. The Deer Park is a field where deer were kept and that is how it got its name the Deer Park. The Moore got its name because there were moore hens kept in it long ago, and that is how it got its name the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Dooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromard, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Henry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Dromard, Co. Sligo