School: Dromiskin (B.), Dundalk (roll number 837)

Location:
Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Jas. Morgan
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    31. Fleming's Hill a hill on the Dublin Road between Whitehouse Cross and Castlebellingham. A family named Fleming once resided there. No building now standing.
    32. "Dromena". Townland between Dromiskin village and Castelbellingham.
    33. "Turlough Lane". A 50 yd lane in the neighbourhood of Dromiskin village.
    34. Bearna mór. A huge gap giving admission to four fields on the farm of Miss Byrne, Mooretown.
    35. Hole's Hill. Hill 80 yds from school on the Milltown Road. Public house owned by a Mr Hole said to stand on its summit but certainly not in the memory of our oldest inhabitant. No trace of a building is now to be seen.
    36. Milltown: Townland. A hundred years ago there was a grind mill working on the small river which runs through the village of that name. A stone from the mill can yet be seen in the local forge.
    37. "The Poll mór". The field owned by Miss Sandy, commons. Large hollow in the centre.
    38. "Muchill". Field owned by Mr Thomas Clarke
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