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School: Castlerock N.S. (roll number 13242)

Location:
Drummartin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Frank Haran
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 162

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    Names of fields.
    Charlies acre is the name of one of the fields on our farm.
    This field got its name from an old horse called charlie who was reared there in olden times.
    The bush field got its name from an only bush which grew in the center of it.
    Another field is called the river field owing to the river flowing around it.
    Cluas Cam is the name of a field, it got its name because there was a turn in it.
    Names of Rocks.
    The names of rocks are the Hungry rock and the stirring rock.
    The hungry rock got its name because there was a person passing once by it and he got very hungry and since it is called the Hungry Rock.
    The stirring rock got its
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Bowie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cabragh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Miss Ellen O Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Sligo