School: Baile na Cille (roll number 7454)
- Location:
- Ballynakilla, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Loingaigh
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- (continued from previous page)is situated in the north side of the island. Graiffín got its name because the people used to spread manure in the field and they used to make ridges. Then they used to graff it and set turnips. The next year they used to set potatoes in the same field.
Liab got its name because anything used not grow in it because the soil in it is wet and heavy.
Above written byMary C. Sullivan
Ballinakilla (no title)
“Pairc oir, The field of gold.”
Chris Lowney, Derricreveen
Pairc oirThe field of gold. My grand-father used say that gold was found there long ago but I suppose it is not true.
Pairc Curly OgLong ago poor people used live in a field and every year they used till that field. A man by the name of Curly Og lived in this field.
Pairc Mháire FhadaLong ago Máire Fhada was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Chris Lowney
- Address
- Derrycreeveen, Co. Cork