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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 17_006

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  1. Local Place Names - Names of Fields

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    My father owns a farm of twenty acres. It is divided into fields by stone-walls, sod-fences, by white-thorn hedges and by whin-bushes. This farm is in the village of Fargureens in the town-land of Bohogue, in the barony Carra.
    Every field has a name. Paircín. Garra-Garbh, Carrán Marthan, Paircín- Aine, Fáll-dorchadha, Ball-luathmar, Garrdha-Eoin, Garrdha-chom, Largan,Doirín, Puirtín, Geirthe-Geirtín, Bothán-Gabhair
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Margaret Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    42
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo