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School: Matehy, Inniscarra

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Saint Ann's Hill, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 238

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    Fields: "Nagle's field" is near Nagle's. "The Stone Wall Field" contains a stone wall.
    "Joe's Field" because it is near Jo Ambrose's house.
    "The Fort field" contains a fort.
    "The Three Cornered" field has three corners.
    "The Cows field", cows are let in there by night.
    "The Brake field" contains a brake.
    "The Pump field" contains a pump.
    "The Lawn" is a low field in front of the house.
    "The Kitchen Garden" grows cabbage.
    Rivers. "The Shournagh" rise in Beeing, flows by Donoughmore and enters the Sheep River at the Coachford Junction.
    "The Fiddler's Brook" rises in Gurrane, flows by Courtbrack and joins the Shournagh at Fox's Bridge.
    Rocks: "Vagabond's Rock", so-called because it was the hiding place for robbers long ago.
    "Black Rock is so called because
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Hennessy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12