School: Loughglinn (C.)
- Location:
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 391
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- (continued from previous page)Viscount Dillon and he ruled over a large estate. He had his own herdsmen who watched and cared the lands for him. To-day many of these fields still bear the names of their keepers, Such as:- Little's Field, Tipper's Field, Blackhall's Field, The Hope Field, The Nursery, and the White Horse Field.
At one period a Mr. Little was herdsman to Lord Dillon and thus the field which now bears his name was called after him.
Another well-known field, The Nursery Field is so called because it was here Lord Dillon nurtured plants and shrubs of every sort for cultivation. After Lord Dillon's death the field was devoted to other purposes.
Tipper's Field, another important field, was herded by a man named Tipper and since his death it is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Stephen Flanagan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
