School: Grangeford, Tullow
- Location:
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Leanne Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 265
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- In the Townland of Grangeford. Parish of Rathoe. Barony of Carlow. The Place-names of fields are. The Pucker Field got its name from a horse named Pucker which was running in the Castlemore Races and broke his neck crossing a ditch in this field. Mahon's Field got its from a man named Mahon that owned it. The Gravelly Hill got its name from a sandpit which is on it. The Rath Field got its name from a Rath which is on it.
- Collector
- Meta Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Bernard Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- The townland of Grangeford Parish of Rathoe Barony of Carlow. On our own farm there is a field called Dawson's Park because people of that name lived in a house on this field. There are traces of it still there.
Another field is the Dreamer's where a man named Paddy Byrne lived. He was called the Dreamer Byrne.
