School: Tearmonn, Cill Chaoi
- Location:
- Termon West, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0628, Page 250
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- In olden times fields hills and streams were called by different names. There is a hill in our farm called "Furze Hill" because it is covered all over with furze.
In Magner's farm there is a field called the "Black Garden because at the time of the famine the stalks were black with blight and ever afterwards it was called that name.
There is a field called Pairc an Ailteora in Mr. Keane's land in Rath an Uisge because there is a mound of stones in the shape of an altar in the field and it is said the priests said Mass there during the Penal Times.
There is also a field in Mr. Lillis's farm called "Pairc na h-Amer because a family known as the Hames's lived there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullaroe, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr J. Magnet
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Tullaroe, Co. Clare
