School: Lisvernane, Glen of Aherlow (roll number 15677)

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   Fields near the School

   Liosin

   a field containing a little Lios or fort at the back of Brien's Monaboula

   
   The Gurteen

   Close to above, this way a great tillage field some years ago

   
   Tobar na Gamhnaidhe

   field belonging to W. Kiely Longford that got its name from a well in the field. Tradition says that at Midnight many years ago a woman was supposed to be seen at the well milking a goat

   
   Ínsenagabhair

   near a well-known glen in Monaboula

   
   Páirc Garbh

   in Monaboula also is a small field full of bumps or hillocks

   
   Curragheen

   near this school, and so called because of the many little heights in it

   
   Páirc na Sáileóga

   near O'Donnell's Lyre where there were willow trees growing long ago

   
   Póll Gorm

   Baile Briain - at the (-) of Noonan's house Riversdale

   Other fields:-
   Pidgon Field, Kiln Field - lime burned here long ago, The Barrack Field, Bridge Field, Cooleen, The Pound Field, The Long Field, The Back Meadow, The Mill Field (Ruins of old Saw Mill still standing) The Strip (a long narrow field in Monaboula) The Lacan - a field in Dwyers Monaboula

   
   Local Names Continued

   Streams:-

   Gleann na Sgeac - near O'Briens Glencushabinnia

   Gleann na Carrag - near Dwyer's Dromleigh so called because of the very rocky nature of its bed

   
   Drocídín "Byrne" - near the school so called because

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   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

   Location

   Lisvarrinane, Co. Tipperary