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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
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Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0309

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    appeared to the man and warned him never to tell. This happened about 15 years ago.
    7. We have a field at home which is called the wild oats. there was oats sown in it one year and the oats grew wild and ever since it is called he wild oats.
    8. We have a field and the name of it is the black ground. When you would be far away from it you would see it black. The name was put on it when we got the land first. There is a little hill in it also.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway