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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

Location:
Fahan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 348

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    The names of the fields on our farm are the Drum, the Stackgarden, the Halfacre, the Glenburn, the Big Moss, the Wee Moss, the Black park, the Wee Black park, the Wee field, the Forth, and the Ballybo. The Drum was called so because it has a long narrow hill in it. The Stackgarden is so called because the Stacks were built in it. The Halfacre got that name because there used only to be half an acre of ground in it. The Glenburn got its name from the river which flows along the side
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Roosky, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Jean Gillighan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr G. Gillighan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Donegal