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School: Urlár

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Urlaur, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 329

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 329

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    On James Tiernans land there are four fields namely Gainim Tobar, Cruic Conn Uilleann, Crann Mór, and the hill of the Pole. The reason of one field being called Gainim Tobar was that there was ever and always a spring well in it. The second field being called Cruic Conn Uilleann got its name from an old mill being built on one end of it long ago. The third field gets its name from a monstrous ash tree which grows on the same boundry and whose infancy was never traced by the oldest man or woman. Hill of the Pole being the name
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloonfeaghra, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Michael Tiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfeaghra, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Tiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfeaghra, Co. Mayo