School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   which is called for years "Pollgrady." There is a big hole in the field.

   In Mr Dunlea's farm in the townland of Bridgetown, in the barony of Fermoy, Co. Cork his fields are called - "The Grove, "The Lawn," "The Abbey Field," "The Inch," "The Railway Field."

   In the "Lawn Field," there stood a great gentleman's house long ago. There is a field which is called the "Abbey Field," because outside the eastern ditch there are the remains of an Abbey. There is a field called the "Railway Field," because the railway is running up to the ditch of that field.

   Across the river, where the river Awbeg flows into the Blackwater, there is a spring well and there is a tree overhanging it. It is called "Bun Abhann."

   Told by Mr Patrick Dulohery, Main St.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Dulohery

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mr Patrick Dulohery

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kanturk, Co. Cork