School: Dromlohan, Kilcornan (roll number 15848)
- Location:
- Dromlohan, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Rebecca Nic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 455
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- Mr Smyth, Ballyvogue, Kilcornan (1) Purtill's Garden: Owned at one time by a man called Purtill.
(2) The Big Field: So called because of its size.
(3) The Cow Field: Used at one time as a pasture for cows only
(4) The House Field: Is the field nearest the house.
(5) The Near Cragg and the Lower Cragg: Fields of a craggy nature divided by the road
(6) The Cottage Field: A labourer's cottage is built near the same.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moig, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyvogue, Co. Limerick
- In the farm of Miss Taylor, Hollypark, Kilcornan, the following names are found
(1) The Racecourse: Races were held in that field long ago.
(2) The Lough Field: This field contains a lough of water
(3) The Blue Lake so called because of the blueness of its water.
(4) Walker's Field: Contains the ruins of a house in which a man named Walker lived at one time.
(5) The Line Garden: This garden is bounded on one side by the main road or "line"
(6) The Bloody Gate: A man was killed here long ago.
