School: Valleymount

Location:
Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Dll. Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 073

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 073

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  1. The following are Local field names of the parish.
    1) POULT
    this field grows hay, oats, and potatoes. Its not far from a small brook.
    2) RUTAC
    this field grows hay and its beside an old laneway.
    3) POULAWHIT
    this is a three-cornered field; it grows hay. One of its corners is called, " The wild cat's corner".
    4) RILLEY
    this is a small bog; it yields turf. People say there was a curchyard there for unbaptized children.
    5) CRAFT
    this is a three-cornered field, it grows hay and its beside the Carrigacurra road.
    6) Cruckan
    this is a big field; it grows hay and it is beside an old laneway.
    7) Cree
    this is a small pin field with some rocks in it. Its a pasture field.
    8) Knoch
    this field grows hay. A small stream runs through the middle of it, and its beside the Carrigacurra road.
    9) Knocknaneils
    this is a pasture field; it grows no hay. It's beside an old laneway.
    10) Tangwee
    this is a three-cornered pasture field. It's not far from the Carrigacurra road.
    11) Ryeparks
    these are meadow fields and there are
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
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