School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick

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There is a field in my district called Poll na Dóibe or the hole of the daub.
There is another field called "Thurleen". It is called that name because there were bushes growing in it long ago.
There is another field called the Herds Garden. It got its name from a herd that lived in it.

Collector
Michael P. Scanlon
Gender
male
Address
Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo
Language
English
Location
Carrigans Upper

"Freehin" is an old name for Carrigans, it got its name from all the heather that grew in the village. There was also a lot of bogs in it one time.