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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
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Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 046

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    The bog field is so called becaues it is really swampy and wet like a bog. The scrub field. Tim Carthy's field is so called because there is an old house in it and a man named Tim Carthy lived in it. Three Skeough is the name of a place near my house and it is so called because there is three Skeough trees in the middle of the field.
    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
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Brigid Kealy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blanchvillespark, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Patrick Kealy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Blanchvillespark, Co. Kilkenny