School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:: Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
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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.
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Topics
1. place-space-environment
  local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
Language

English
Location

Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo
Collector
Michael P. Scanlon
Gender

Male
Address

Carrigans Upper, Co. Sligo
Local Place Names

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"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.

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