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School: Cluain Mín, Malla (roll number 4448)

Location:
Clonmeen North, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Maurice Meade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0362, Page 157

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    The following are the names of the fields on our farm.
    Brook field beause there is a stream running through it. The four, five and ten acre fields, they are called this because of their acerage. Páirc na Caoire is the name in which sheep were mocked kept long ago.
    Those are the names of fields which are owned by neighbours, namely, The Hangman's Field owned by Mr. Hartnett. People were hanged there in Cromwell's time.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr M. Barrett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Clonmeen North, Co. Cork