School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   field which Mr Lamb owns called the sand-hole because there is a sand hole in the middle of it. There is a big field along the Dowth road called the race park because long ago there used to be races in that field. There is another field belonging to Mr Gradwell called the Boynemeadow because it I situated beside the river Boyne.
   There is a field called Ann Keirn, it got name because a person of that name lived there There is another field in Kellystown called the crooked acre because there is so many hills in it. There is another field called the Moat field because there is a little hill in a valley. The people used to say that a tinker and his wife was buried there. There is a field which Mr Boylan owns called the pan Field. It is so called because it is in the shape of a pan There is another field he owns Called the lessers. It is so called because it is the smallest of all the [?] fields. He has another field called the rushes. It is called that

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joseph Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dowth, Co. Meath