School: Drom Dhá Liag (C.) (roll number 12230)

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   “The names of some of the fields at home are...”

   

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   Páirce na Cruacha:- So called because there is heap or rick of clay in the middle of the field. Páirce Fhada:- So called because it is the longest field in the farm. Páirce an Tobar:- It gets its name from a well which is in this field. There is a river running through the townland of Bearna-Fodhla The townland gets its name from the following incident. Long ago the people of Derrygrea and the people of Bearna-Fodhla had a battle. The battle took place near this river. The people of Bearna-Fodhla had the victory and ever since the townland is known as Bearna-Fodhla. which means the "Gap of blood".

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   “The following are the names of the fields at home...”

   

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   The following are the names of the fields at home are:- Móinfhéar Bán: As it is a meadow with a heap of white stones in the middle of it. Páirc na Ráithneach:- as ferns are growing on the field. Páirc na Feóchadán:- As there are thistles growing in the field. An Páirc Bán:- As there are heaps of white stones here and there in the field. Páirc na Carraighe:- as there are rocks in the side of the field. Páirc

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