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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 05_011

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  1. Local Place Names - Our Farm

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    We have a farm of about twenty acres of land in the town-land of Prizon. It is divided into twelve fields by means of stone walls and sod ditches with white thorn bushes growing beside them. Each of our fields has a name on it.
    One of them is called Pairc an Tobar which means the field of the well. There is a well in the middle of it.
    Another is called Pairc and fior uisce. In this field there is a spring in this
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Maisie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo