School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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- (continued from previous page)well field.
it got that name because there is a well in it.
- The name on one of our fields is the flax field.
The used to be flax steeped in the field long ago.
The name of another field is the black bottom.
The clay in this field is black.
We have another field called the high field, because it is on a hill, the other side of the road.
The name of another field is the kiln field.
There must be a lime kiln in this field long ago. - Collector
- Peter Olwill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaville South, Co. Meath
- We have a few names on our fields.
The fort field is in front of the door. Another one is called Airc Breach.
It was called that name because in the Summer it used to be speckled with beautiful flowers.
Dyer's meadown.
It was so called because a man named Dyer lived on it.
Páircín áth is another name. The lime kilm field is another name.
