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School: Sidhean (roll number 6501)

Location:
Shane, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Mac Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 013

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 013

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  1. Names of Fields (continued)

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    (12) The glen mór hill
    It is named so because it has a steep hill sloping down to a valley.

    (13) The scrunty
    It is a bare hill with very thin soil.

    (14) The saddle hill
    It is a very steep hill with a big height in the middle of it.

    (15) The still-house field
    It is named so because there used be a house for making poteen.

    (16) The Parnahahey
    It is a rushy swamp.

    (17) The Parn-na-hair-ney
    A long narrow field.

    (18) The galldach
    A wet heavy field

    (19) Stachán
    A high hill
    (20) Lubanach mór
    There is a hill called Lúbanach mór belonging to Frank Mooney Cabra and it is also called Cabra hill. It was there Finn Mac Cumhail lay and slept when he jumped from Fincairn hill to Cabra.
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    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
    Collector
    Terence Mc Ginnity
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumguillew Lower, Co. Monaghan