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School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)

Location:
Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 342

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  1. Local Place Names (continued)

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    The haggard was so called, because cabbage used to be set in it.
    The coarse field was so called because it is very coarse and boggy.
    The high field was so called because it is very high and steep.
    The kiln field was so called because there is a kiln built there.
    The ray was so called because it was a great place for turf.
    There is also a very big rock in John Linehan's place of Lyreneague. It is about 200 ( two hundred) ft. long and sixty ft. high.
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  2. Local Place Names

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    My farm is situated in Lyreneague. It was so called because long ago there were deer to found there.
    The name of the field in my farm are the big meadow, the gurteen, the kiln field, the rick field, the ray, the path field, Michéals field.
    The big meadow was so called because it was a tillage field.
    The kiln field was so called because there is a kiln in it.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Linehan
    Gender
    Male