School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 226
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- There are many Local place names in this district such as names of fields, streams, hills, hollows and rocks.
There is a field in this district and it is called the kiln field. There was a lime kiln in this field long ago and the remains of it are in it still. There is a field called the well field. This field got its name because there was a well in it. There is a field in the district called the night field because there are stray sods in it. One night when a man was walking through this field he walked on the sods and could not find his way and ever since that it was called the night field. There is a field called the windmill field. The reason it is called the windmill field is because there is a windmill in this field.
There is a field in Blackhall called the Plantation field. The reason it is called this is because there were a lot of trees growing in it long ago. There is a field in the district called the brick field. It is said that there was bricks made in this field and that is why it is called the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Lawrence Mullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Blackhall, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Patrick Myles
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Priorstown, Co. Louth
