School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 407
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- Gleann na gCros, Co. an Chláir
- Court field, the low field, The Rushy Field Money field, Bridge field, the Fox's Den The Bushy field, The Pot field, The Mucky Field.
The Court field got its name because there was a court house there long ago.
The Fox's Den is a field in which the foxe's used to make their burrows.
The rushy field got its name because it produced nothing only rushes
The mucky field got its name because it was very wet and mucky.
The money field is where people used to go digging for money in olden times
The bridge field was called that name because there was stream and there was bridge put over it so that cattle could go to the other fields.
