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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1102, Page 17

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    1: There is a lane near our house named Kitty's lane. It got this name because once upon a time there was a woman named Kitty McGrannahan living on the side of this lane and every since then it go the name "Kitty's lane".
    2: There is another at home named "the hollow dale lane". It got this name because it lies in a hollow and there is a field called the dale beside it, and this is how it got its name.
    3: The orchard got its name because there is a lot of cherry trees and plum trees in it.
    4: There several places around here called "scroges". These places got this name because there is a lot of nut bushes and rocks in them.
    5: The Craigs is the name of a townland in this district. the Craigs got its name because there
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Jenny Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Mc Carron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal