School: Matehy, Inniscarra

Location:
Coill na Muice, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 237

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 237

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Matehy, Inniscarra
  2. XML Page 237
  3. XML “Local Topography - Names of Fields, Streams, etc”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Fields:- The Hilly Field is very hilly. The Quarry Field has the remains of a quarry. The Long Field is very long. The Small Field is very small and the Five-corner Field has five corners. Other names of fields in the locality are The Kiln Field which has the remains of an old kiln is owned by Mr. Twomey. The Fort Field contains a fort and is owned by Mr. O'Callaghan. The Glen Field contains a glen and is owned by Mr Murphy.
    Streams:- The Fiddler's Brook rises in Grenagh and flows through Walsh's and Donoghue's land. It enters the Shournagh river at Fox's Bridge. The Droichidín is a small stream, near Buckley's house and it rises in Sheehan's bogs. It then runs through Dilworth's land and enters Regan's bogs. There is also a small bridge built on it about centre ways. "An Poll Doimhin" is a deep pond in Ballycraheen and is situated between Dilworth's and Murphy's land. It is called "An Poll Doimhin" because it is very deep.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    An Ghiolcach, Co. Chorcaí