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 311

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    Garraidhe Máirtineach -
    is so called because it was owned and tilled by a family named Martyns.

    Garraidhe Ponairí -
    is so called because there were beans sown in it the year of the famine.

    Pairc na mBó -
    is so called because it is the field where the cows are kept.

    An Gort Árd -
    it was called this name because it was a high garden long ago.

    Móinfhéár Úird -
    because a man whose name was Howard lived there.

    Móinfhéarín Doimhin -
    because it is a very deep valley

    Bun Lobhtha -
    because it is a very dirty valley.

    Árdán Glas -
    because it was a very green high meadow.

    Ceap na Caolaidhe -
    because this plot of ground belonged to a family named Quealy

    Garraidhe na Connaillig -
    because it was a garden which belonged to a man named Coneely.
    Mary Hegarty
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.