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School: Ballinacliffy

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Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 144

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  1. Names of Fields

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    There are a lot of old names of fields on our land.

    Crocan Ruad which means the hill of sand,
    Jack's Borín is a short grassy Borín which runs between two gardens.
    Baile Buide which means yellow town because it was full of yellow heath long ago.
    Cashil is a field shaped like a top; it is called the Top-field now.
    Polcam means the field of the crooked hole and there are two bushes growing in the middle of it.
    Crockan is a field with a lot of hills, rocks and bones in it.
    Blane means a small point of land
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Muckanagh, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    John Reid
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Muckanagh, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Ned Herffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Muckanagh, Co. Westmeath