School: Scoil Mhuire (B.)
- Location:
- Skull, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Raghallaigh
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- In Mr O'Regan's farm of[sic] South Schull there is a field called the ''Canard''.
This field got this name because it is a good deal higher than the field below it.
In the same farm there is a field called the ''creagh''. This field has this name because it was originally boggy and wet.
In William Regan's farm in the same townland there is a field called "Helen's Garden". This field gets its name from its former owner whose name was Helen.
In John Whooleys farm in South Schull there is a field near the seashore called ''Lae Oilean". This gets its name from the little island which lies in front of it.
In Mr J Coughlan's farm in the same townland there is a field called ''Gort na Uinnaí,'' which means the tillage field.
In Mr W.Attridges farm in South Schull there is a field called the ''Cottage Field''. Long ago there was a(continues on next page)
