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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

Location:
Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 212

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    and fields had Irish names. But the English not being satisfied changed as far as possible all the native names and tried to put their own names on them. How-ever try as they might they could not change all those names and that is the reason why many of them exist to day.
    2. Around Dunleer there does not exist as many as in other places as Dunleer was inside the pale, and there was not much chance of them all retaining their names.
    3. Those are some of them "Mullac na Bfeadog" which is in the town land of the Troigean means the "place
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Collector
    Patrick King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth