School: Cormeen (roll number 6821)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Anna Leary
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 041

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  1. Most farmers have different names for fields situated in their farm.
    The following fields are situated in the townland of Lisnalee in the Parish of Kilmore in the County of Monaghan.
    "The Three Cornered Field" is so called because it has only 3 corners.
    "The Wee House Field" is so called because there used to stand a cottage in the corner of it.
    "Neddies Garden." is so called because a man named Edward Sullivan used to live in it. The following fields are situated in the townland of Drumacruttin, in the parish of Kilmore in the County of Monaghan.
    "The Black Bottom", it is so called because it is boggy.
    "The Wall Field" It is so called because there used to stand the walls of an old house.
    "The Mullan." It is so called from an old potato named the Mullan that grew in it. The following fields are situated in the townland of Urbalkirk, in the parish of Monaghan in the County of Monaghan.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Leary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan