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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

Location:
Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 642

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  1. Local Place Names

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    Many of the places in this neighbourhood are spoken of by their Irish names. The following list of names in the Irish language are always used by the neighbours.
    Coolín - name of small corner field
    Stráicín - part of O'Conner's Hill
    Páircin - small field in O'Grady's
    Poll - a large deep well in Kilcolman
    Garbhbuidhe - name of a field of Mrs Bourke
    Moinfeir - a large meadow belonging to Denis Keating
    Srón - a point of land near the Deel in Ballyallinan
    Naw-dee-awk - (phonetic) name of John O'Donnell's field
    Crocawnagun - (phonetic) name given to a mound in Sean O'Conner's hill
    Moin Ellustrum - (phonetic) a field in Curtin's farm
    Moinruadh - a field in Egan's farm
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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