School: Lloyd (Scoil Laoide) (roll number 15987)
- Location:
- Toberdan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Choibián
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0266, Page 220
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- Every field of our farm has its own name. The following is a list of their names, "The Quarry Field", "The Stony Field", "The Cnocán Field", "The Mearing fields", The Moíneár The long Garden, Hill's Garden, The Little Garden and the Rocky field.
The Quarry field:- takes its name from a big quarry of Stones which is in the middle of the field.
The Stony Field:- takes its name from all the large stones which are in the soil.
The Cnocán Field:- takes its name from a hill on the road opposite it called "Cnocán".
The Mearning Fields:- are thus called because they adjoin Hugh Boyd's and Tom Mac Donnells fields two neighbours residing in the next village which is Tubberdan.
The Móineír:- takes its name from the good meadow it yields every year(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
