School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   "Annie's Field", a woman named Annie Robinson had a house built in this field long ago.

   "Baile Biadh", is the name of a field in the possession of Mr. Mulcahy.

   "The "Coish Field. It is said, two men were fighting there one day, and one of them fell and broke his leg, and the leg was supposed to be buried there.

   I got these place-names from my father.
   Joseph Maguire (age 47)
   Hawkfield
   Droichead
   Co. Kildare.

   Signed:- Nell Maguire

   

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2. Folklore - Local Place Names

   

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   In the townland of Baronstown, Parish of Feighcullen, Barony of Connell, Co. Kildare, there is a field about one acre in extent called "The Kells". There is a mound in the middle of the field, and there is a heap of stones on the middle of the mound. The story that belongs to that field is, that once, a man drew his pony and cart close to the mound with the intention of drawing away the stones, digging down the mound and ploughing the field. Just as he was in the act of loading the stones, the pony took fright, overturned the cart,

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Alice Maguire

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   James Slattery

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   24

   Address

   Milltown, Co. Kildare