School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 018
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- (continued from previous page)Ainm na hÁite - Suidheamh - An fáth go bhfuil an t-ainm sin ortha
Gáiridhe na Caoirigh - Fartown (Dalys) - a great field for rearing sheep
Gort Mór - Fartown (Hanleys) - a very large field - about 10 acres
Bothar na gCearc - Fartown (Hanleys) - hens roost along the hedges of this road
Gort na Geata - Cloonculane (Finegan) - because of big strong iron gate leading in
Baile Thoir - Cloonculane (Mulligans) meeting place of the waters in the bog
Spudán - Glynsk (Tooles) - a field so soft as that cant be ploughed (dug spade)
Gort na Staighre - Cloonculane (Muldoon) - a field of "the Styleen". There's a big stone here used for crossing from one field to next
Poll Taidhg - Cloonculane (Griffin) - A family of Tadys live here one time
Sean Bhaile - Leahive (Ryans) - Old town. An old house here, no of barns attached. Because of no of buildings, its name
Gort na Relig - Cloonculane (Carrs) - Grave field - chilldren who died without Baptism were at one time buried here (not now)
Gort Seán Comáin - Fartown (Burks) - (ask Tady) (?)
Cnocán Bán - Mountain (Dowds) a hill of which people were proud. 18 acres divided between the villagers
Gort na Fataí - Knockmaskehill - (Brennans) Potatoes sown here every year
Gort Thomáis - Glenamaddy (Hussey) - a man Thos Walshe once lived there
Claidhe Sgeach - Fartown (Ganons) - white thorn fences surround this place
Ball Bán - Fartown (Burks) - a field in which no grass ever grew
Poll an Airgead - Glen (Garveys) - gets its name from a hole in the field in which money was supposed to be found
Gort Tobar - Fartown (Husseys) - a spring well is in this field
Gortín Gearr - Fartown (Gannon) - because it is a short field
Túirín - Fartown (Rielly) the field of the fresh clay, because its cultivated year after year(continues on next page)
