School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)

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1. Local Place Names

   

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   On our farm there are many fields there is the Back hill. It got its name because there is a front hill. The "Sheep field" got that name because the sheep are always kept in it. The back bottom got its name because it is low lying and is behind a hill. The corn field was called this name because the corn was always stacked in it. The three acre because there are three acres in it. There are three moors:- the far moor the middle moor and the near moor.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   There are ten fields on our farm and they have all got names. We have got two river fields because a river flows at the end of them and there is a quarry in it where one can get large stones and then there is a broad field and why it is called that is

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Magill

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr J. Magill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan