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School: Currach Ruadh (roll number 2915)

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Curraghroe, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 435

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  1. Local Place Names

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    The people in my district have names on most of their fields.

    Achadh -
    is a field belonging to William Nerney

    Cois -
    is a field belonging to Pat Hanley. It is beside a stream.

    Plásán -
    a level garden in front of an old house. It belongs to Packie Tiernan now.

    Brandrá -
    is a field belonging to Michael Banaghan

    Parloover -
    is a field which belongs to Pat Hanley

    Páirc Fhada -
    is a field belonging to John Hanly. It is a very long narrow field

    Ceapach -
    is a field belonging to Michael Banaghan

    Coillín -
    belongs to John Banaghan. There was a small wood in that field and that is how it got its name

    Béitín -
    is a field belonging to
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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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Curraghroe, Co. Roscommon