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School: Baile Uí Mhuireadhaigh (roll number 12964)

Location:
Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Ghealbháin
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    There are not many names on the fields on our farm.
    One field is called the river field because the Hind river runs through it.
    The other field is called the "Cualán" as it is a three-cornered field.

    I got the above folklore from my mother, who got it from her mother -

    Maura Gilmartin
    Ballymurry,

    Mrs Isabel Kennedy
    Carrigeen,
    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
    Mrs Isabel Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon