School: Clonbullogue

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1. Local Place Names

   

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   161 Local Place Names. There is a bush in the middle of a field behind Byrne's house in Blakefield called "The Forbidden Bush." It is a whitethorn bush with no thorns, very old, mossy, and stones around it. No one ever cut it. Mass supposed to have been said under it in Penal Times. A field near this bush is called the "Scairleheen." A priest was said to have hidden here. A field behind Dempsey's of Ballysooghan is called "The Long Craft." Another filed on this farm is called The Big Kelly, and another The Little bells. There is a field beside the road in Ballysooghan called The Big Field. In this field there is a big flat stone about one foot under the round. This stone is about 7 feet by 3. On the same farm is a field called the Class Field. Hollow in centre of field. A field behind Dempsey's of Blakefield is called the "Machroon."

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Clonbulloge, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Peter Mooney

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Ballysooghan South, Co. Kildare

2. Local Place Names

   

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   A field in Aughameelick called "Flynn's Craft.
   A field in Aughameelick on the left-hand side as you go to Portarlington called "The Wheel-about."

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