School: Kilcornan (roll number 2911)

Location:
Moig East Glebe, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Maidín
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  1. Local Place Names.
    The following are names of fields in the district.
    Walsh's field. The well Field. Seven acre. The Fort Field. Norry's Haggard. The Crag. Sports field. Race Course. Quilty's Field. The hay field. The Line Field. Rye grass Field. Five acre. Peigin's Field. Scanalan's Field. The Lough Field. The Cottage Plot. The Middle field. The Plantation. The Clover Field. The Bull's Field. Tennis Field. The Paddock. The grove.
    The derivation of these fields are obvious.
    An Gort Mhór.
    Ana crúaidh or eanamh crúdh is the name of a field in Curragh Chase. Ana crúaidh "means very hard" and eanamh crúdh means making horse shoes.
    We are not sure of the correct pronounciation.
    Cill a bhfairrge (near a lake in Curragh Chase.) The above fields are in Curragh Chase.
    Curragh Chase was the home of Aubrey De Vere the poet.
    An páirc bhig, an páirc dubh, an páirc buide. These fields are in Newtown.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Moig East Glebe, Co. Limerick