School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 079

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  1. There are many fields which have names in my district. The twenty one pound field, the jigaldy-jogaldy field, the fort field, the ring field, the road field, the crab and rock fields, Canny's meadow, the sheep park, the coshier and the ram park are the fields I know best.
    The twenty one pound field was so called because it took twenty one pound to reclaim it.
    The jigadly-jogadly field was given its name because it is all hills and hollows and if a horse and car was passing through it, it would be going up and down.
    There is a fort in the field the people call the fort field.
    In the ring field there is the mark of a ring where someone must have walked a long time ago.
    The road field is so called because people
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Sedgemoor, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    May Mc Loughney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sedgemoor, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Mc Loughney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Sedgemoor, Co. Tipperary