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School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)

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Sreenty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 222

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    by
    Brigid McConnon,
    Owery,

    Brigid McConnon is my name. I live in the townland of Owery, in the parish of Carrickmacross, and in the barony of Farney, in South Monaghan. We have a large farm, containing fourteen Irish acres of land. On the farm there are many fields, each having a peculiar name.
    The names of the fields are:-
    the "Sruth"
    the "Scression"
    the "Cowan"
    the "Back of the Face"
    the Turfstack field
    the Hollow
    Betchengor
    Carrigaléine
    the Brae,
    the High Rock
    the Gallagh
    Crigs field
    "Big John's field"

    Some time ago we had a field called
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Faraghy, Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    Brigid Mc Connon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ouvry, Co. Monaghan