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1. Local Place Names

   

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   Courthoyle :-
   (Parish, Adamstown; Barony of Bantry, Co. Wexford).

   There is a long lane at the lower cross of Courthoyle, which is called,
   "An Bhean Bhuide. It was called so, as it was said that a woman with a yellow face used walk from a stream about two hundred yards from the cross, to the cross and down the lane.

   There are many fields in Courthoyle with peculiar names such as "The Kiln Field," as there is a lime-kiln in front of the gate, "The Long String," as it is a long, narrow field; "The eleven cornered field" as it has eleven corners. "The Seven Acres," as there are seven acres in it. "The Plantation," as it was a grove one time and the trees were cut away, and "The Cross-road Field," as one of its ditches bounds the cross-road.
   On Mr. James Murphy's farm there are "Bán Na Gleanadh" so called om account of its shape, "The Golly Mór," "The Bog Field," as it is marshy. "The Knock", as bushes were growing in it one time, but now tilled. "The Gravel Hole" as there is a big pit in the corner of it, and "The First Field," as it

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Courthoyle New, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   Brigid Curtin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Raheen, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   Michael Kane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Raheen, Co. Wexford

   Collector

   Sybil Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Raheen, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr Denis Kane

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Courthoyle New, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr James Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Address

   Courthoyle New, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mr Pat Curtis

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   48

   Address

   Raheen, Co. Wexford