School: An Léim Gearr (roll number 8766)

Location:
Lemgare, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 347

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    Owner
    FIELD - PECULIARITIES
    Kate McKeown, Crossbane
    The Glen field - There is a big glen in it.

    Peter Mohan, Crossbane
    The Mass stone field - There is a mass rock in it.

    Mary Eavens, Crossbane
    The black bottom - a boggy place

    Philip Mohan, Cashel
    The soldiers rock field - there is a soldier buried near the rock

    Mick Eavens, Crossbane
    The Curragh field

    Kate McKeown, Crossbane
    The byre field

    Peter Mohan, Crossbane
    The Cobhe hill - There is a Cobhe in it

    Kate McKeown, Crossbane
    Covys Rock
    The Lime Kiln field

    Daisy Hill - Near Armagh

    Thomas Keenan, Derrynoose
    Annamuck - Got its name from the race of the black pig

    John Mulligan, Tasson
    Purgatory - It is covered with rocks and cannot be ploughed.

    John Mulligan, Tasson
    White Hill -
    Sandhole field - There is a sand-hole in it.

    Felix O'Neill, Lisdungormal
    Black Gap - Black thorn bushes grow there.

    Terry Moan, Tasson
    Middle rock field - Got its name because it is in the middle of rocks.

    Tom Hughes - Tyholland
    "Willy the Wisp" field - "Willy the Wisp" was seen in it often.

    Frank Óg, Tyholland
    The brick field

    Richard Brennan, Tonagh
    Atchy
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lemgare, Co. Monaghan