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School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)

Location:
Monksland, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 267

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    Around my father's farm there are a lot of fields with old Irish names. These names were put on long ago by old Irish people. There is a field not far from my house and it is called "Páirc na Píosaí". This field got its name because there are three parts in it each part belongs to a different person.
    There is another field called "Cnuic Mór". This field got its name because there is a very large hill in the centre of the field. There is another field called "The Carraigeacha". This field got its name because there are a lot of large rocks and stones in it. "Cnoc na Caillighe". This field got its name because long ago there was a woman living there. Then there were a lot of townlands as well as that which have Irish names.
    Nancy Ryan
    Irish Grange
    Carlingford
    Aged 11.
    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
    Grange Irish, Co. Louth
    Collector
    Nancy Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Grange Irish, Co. Louth