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School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 181

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    There is a field in the townland of Tardrum and it is called the Brick Field because they used to make bricks in the Dam there with blue clay.
    There is a rock in the townland of Rocktown and it is called the acre rock because there is about an acre in it. There is a field in the townland of Tardrum and it is called Castlemoss because there was a castle in it in olden times. There is a height in the townland of Rocktown and it is called Mount-hope because it is on a height.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Greencastle, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    William Jackson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greencastle, Co. Donegal