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1. The Inch Field (continued)

   

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   is called the Inch

   

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2. The Nook Field

   

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   The Nook Field is four miles from a road. It is a small field with a piece of ground stretching out forming a corner. There is only one corner in the field the rest of the field is a kind of round, that is how it is called the Nook. A lane goes by it to the road.

   

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3. The Loorough Field

   

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   The Loorough is a field about three or four miles from a road. It is called after a man named Loorough who was killed there. He was one of the yeomen. Many of the yeomen were killed in different places the places were called after them. That is how the Loorough got its name. In this field there used

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Hayden

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Crowsgrove, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Mr L. Kinsella

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   62

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Cranemore, Co. Carlow