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School: Lloyd (Scoil Laoide) (roll number 15987)

Location:
Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Choibián
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 218

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    Our farm is made up of a number of fields each having its own name. The following is a list of them:- Roarke's fields, Hollow garden, Boreen field, Half-acre field, Well field, Rushy field, Stone Park, Sand Park, Clover garden, Heenin's hill, the Hill garden, High fields and low fields.
    Roarke's field is so called because its former owner was Roarke.
    Hollow garden is a garden that is situated in low land and the land round this garden is high
    Boreen field is so called because it lies beside a boreen.
    Half-acre field:- is a field that contains half-acre of land.
    Well field is a field with a spring well in one corner of it.
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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
    Nora Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toberdan, Co. Roscommon