School: Drumconrath (B.) (roll number 16143)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Patrick Cassidy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 024
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- The names of the fields around my home are:
The Mound. The Lady Hill. The Church Hill. The Bull Field. The Diamond Hill.The Mullach Mor. Carry's Farm.
Hoey's Field. The Law Hill. Dougan's Meadow. Drumran. Flood's Field.
Paradise Field. ( the Law Hill in townland of Corstown).
The Mounds are situated near the village of Drumconrath. It is so called because there is a large Mound on its summit. Dougan's Meadow in Millpark, Paradise Field is in the townland of Newstone.
The Lady Hill is situated in the townland of Birdhill. Drumran in townland of Killadin.
Carry's farm belonged to a man named Carry. A man named Hoey lived beside Hoey's Field.
Flood's field is so called because a man named Flood owned it at one time.
The Bull Field is so called because at one time a bull was kept in it.
A man named Dougan owned Dougan's meadow.On the Church hill are ruins of an old Church. The Mound, Hoey Field and Flood's field are in the townland of Drumconrath. The Diamond Hill and the Church Hill are in the townland of Loughbracken. The Mullach Mor and Carry's farm are in the townland of Aclare.
- Collector
- Seán Halpenny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
