School: Cill na Móna (C.) (roll number 13626)

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Kilnamona, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Síle Céitinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0610, Page 309

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    An Gléb -
    because it was considered as church property.

    Pairc na nAsal -
    because it was the field in which the asses used to be kept.

    Páirc na Cloiche -
    because there are a lot of stones appearing over the ground.

    An Móinfhéar Beag -
    because it is a very small meadow.

    Cnoc na hAbhainn -
    because it is a hill beside a river.

    An Inse Mhór -
    because it is the biggest of the two Inses.

    Pairc an Mhurdair -
    Once there was a fight between two cows in the field and one of them killed the other.

    Pairc an Aoil -
    because there was a lime kiln in the field once.

    Na Acres -
    because there are many acres in the field.

    Pairc na Claise -
    because there is a hollow in the middle of the field and the water used to stop in the hollow after a heavy fall of rain.

    An Mhóinfhéar a Fléidhe -
    it is beside a river and many people used have picnics in the field.

    An Inse Glas -
    because it has a very nice
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    May Hegarty
    Gender
    Female