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School: Crowenstown

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Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 222

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    is called the "Hang Man's Corner" as a man named Dunne hanged himself out of a tree in this corner many years ago.

    A wood in this same field is called "Hogan's Wood" because a family named Hogan used to live there in former years. There is also another field at the back of this field, and there is a hill in it called "Cnoch na gCoinín" or the "Hill of the Rabbits" because there are always a large number of rabbits on this hill.

    A turn of the road at Rosmead Delvin is called "Smiling Bess" because there is a carving of a woman's head on the arch over Rosmead gates, and she seems to be smiling.

    There is a hill at Birde's near the village of Delvin called "Gallows Hill" because it is believed that some people were executed there in the past. It is called locally " Árd na Creithigh "
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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