School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   There are fields owned by Mr Hillard in the parish of Skryne called the "quarry field" because there is a quarry in it. The "bean park" so called because beans were grown in it. The Barrack corner so called because there was a barracks there. Cnoc a Tanaig so called because there is a big hill in it.

   There are fields owned by Mr Daly in the townland of Castletown called the moat field because there is a moat in it. The gravel hole so called because there is a hole in the field where gravel is got. Gartlans bottoms so called because it is on front of Gartlans house. Cruch na gcoinin so called because there is a hill where there are a great many rabbits to be found.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   There is a field called the long-field in the townland of Lismullin. It is called the long-field because it is so long. There is a field called the clover field in the townland of Lismullen it is called the clover field because lots of clover grows in it. There is a field called the "spout field" in the

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Castletown Tara, Co. Meath

   Collector

   Mary Farrelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismullin, Co. Meath

   Informant

   John Farrelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lismullin, Co. Meath