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School: Urlár

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Urlaur, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0113, Page 332

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    field and the name of it is Gara a Caol. It was given this name because the field is long and narrow. In the land of Domnick Dalton there is a field called
    Feir Bán. It was given this name because white grass grows in it. There is an other field called Regan's Field in his land. It got this name from a man of the Regan's who lived there once.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Patrick Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo