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School: Ballymore (C.) (roll number 7444)

Location:
Ballymore, Co. Westmeath
Teachers:
K. Kavanagh Mrs Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 424

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    There are names of some places in Ballymore parish which have much tradition connected with them. Place names of fields and parts of the roads are named after some events which happened in the past.
    Loggies Hill is the name given to a hill on the road about a quarter of a mile east of Ballymore. A man named Loggie Lynam lived there.
    Shiners Hill is situated further east on the same road. It is so called because near it is a cross road where dancing was held long ago. The ladies came from all parts and were shining with style. Therefore the name Shiners Hill remains to this day.
    The village of Ballymore itself gets its name as at one time it was a big town. But it is supposed to have burned during the Cromewells war.
    "Woods' corner" is given to a turn at the end of our village as Jimmy Woods wrote the Annals of Westmeath.
    Clonebane is a divided farm near the village of Ballymore.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dilly Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonyveey, Co. Westmeath