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   ever since it was called "Galvins," field. Another field is called "Derranabrone," and I do not know why it got that name.
   There is another field known as the five acres before there are five acres in it. Another field is known as the three acres because there are three acres in it. He has another very large field called the "Bog Pasture," because it is situated by the edge of the bog of Allen.
   Another pasture is "Flanagans Pasture," because a man name Flanagans owned it years ago. There is a garden called the brook field because a stream called the brook flows by the side of it. Another garden on the farm is known as Foxes garden because people named Foxes lived at the end of it

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daniel Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newtown, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Thomas Dunne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newtown, Co. Offaly