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School: Rathmoylan (roll number 10879)

Location:
Rathmolyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Ethel G. P. Wildman
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    Local Place Names.
    Some of the names of the fields at home are the hill fields because there is a hill in it. The Long field because it is long. The barley field because it is used to grow barley.
    The road field is so called because it is beside the road. There are some others that have not got any special names.
    Trixie Love,
    The Moate,
    Rathmolyon,
    Co. Meath.
    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
    Collector
    Trixie Love
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moat, Co. Meath