School: Bellurgan, Baile Sheinicín (roll number 16249)

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1. Local Place Names - Hills (continued)

   

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   12.
   "Trumpet Hill".

   13.
   "An Cruachan Crinn", is one of my uncles fields in Bellurgan. It is a hill covered with trees and furze bushes.

   14.
   "Hynes Hill", it got its name because a man named Patrick Hynes lived there.

   15.
   "Alice's Hill", It was called so because a woman called Alice Rice lives there.

   16.
   "Toner's Hill", is so called because a man named James Toner lives there.

   

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2. Local Place Names - Streams

   

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   Streams. 1. "Big Post", is a stream in Jenkinstown it runs along a house where a man called Big Post used to live. 2. "Larry's River", is only a stream but the people call it Larry's River because of a man called Larry Roddy who lived beside it. 3. "Tippings Stream", a woman named Miss Tipping owns it.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Jenkinstown, Co. Louth