School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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   is another field on the land of Thomas Kelly Drumgill[?] Parish of Borrisoleigh called the bog field. There are fields on the lands of Mr. Matthew McGrath Gurteenadawn called the "bull field". Skehan's acre, a man named Skehan lived there and he had an acre of land. The Quarry Field the high field and the kiln field. There is a place on the land of Mr Timothy Ryans of Ileigh in the parish of Borrisoleigh called Poll a Puca it is on the top of a hill and there was water in it before. There is a field on the land of Mr. William Waddick Drumgill in the parish of Borrisoleigh called the "well field" Pupils Name. Edward Stapleton Gurteenadawn Borrisoleigh Got from: John Stapleton Gurteenadawn Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipp 54 yrs.

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   We have a field called the forge field because there was a forge there in olden times. The kiln field is another field it got its name because there was a kiln in it. Conways. field got (got) its name from the man who owned it in olden days. The rock field got its name because there is a rock in the middle of it. Matts bog is another field, there is a river in it and it is very boggy. It got its name from the owner of it Matt Bourke, Cullohill, Parish of Borrisoleigh, also

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