School: Cluain Fhada (B.) (roll number 15557)

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   The old people had many peculiar names on fields and villages around this townland. Here are some of them. GOIRTÍN an CHAM FHIDIL means the The Little Field of the Crooked Fiddle. This name was put on it because there are many dangerous bends in the road leading through the village SEAN BHUIN FHÉAR signifies Old Cow's Grass. It was so called because there was once an old cow who would not stay anywhere and all the cows of the village used to be grazing in that field. TÓIN RÉ GAOTH means, back to the wind, because on the west side of the village there is no shelter from the wind but on the other side of the village there is a big hill and hedges. CROCHÁN RUADH means the little red hill, because there is withered red grass growing on it. POLL a' BÁNA means the hole of the plain because there is a big hole there and when the hole is filled with water it goes down again under

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Location

   Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon

   Collector

   Marlin Coyne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tonregee, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Thomas Groarke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   James Coyne

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Address

   Tonregee, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Pat Groarke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon