School: Ballykelly

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   there long ago. There is a field in Piltown called "Barron's Garden". It is called that because a man named Barron lived there. There is a field in Oldcourt called "Bán na Scort." There is a field in Camblin called the Sgoc-a-loc. There is a field in Camblin called the "Hollow Field". It is so called because there is a hollow in it. There is a field called "the well field."
   It gets its name because there is a well in it. It is in Camblin. There is a field in Strokestown called "the Terraced Field." "The Mass path Field" is in Killowen. It gets its name from the Penal Days when the people used go to Killowen to Mass. There is a place in Ballykelly called "Carraig Ben". It gets its from a big rock which is there. There is a field in Piltown called the "Rac Narvay."

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ballykelly, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   Peggy Cooney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballykelly, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Jim Walsh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunganstown, Co. Wexford