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School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)

Location:
Coolronan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 467

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    Local Place Names
    From Essie Keogh
    Part of our land is in the townland of Coolronan and the rest of it is in the Townland of Carranstown. The names of some of our fields in Coolronan are:
    1. The Barrack Field
    2. The Raspberry Field
    3. The Long Field
    4. The Bog Field
    The Barrack Field: It is called the Barrack Field because it was opposite the barrack long ago.
    The Raspberry Field: IT is called the Raspberry Field because there are raspberries growing in it.
    The Long Field: It is called the Long Field because it is very long and narrow.
    The Bog Field: It is called the "Bog Field" because it is bog ground that is in it.
    The clay in it is brown coloured.
    The field in the townland of Carronstown are:
    1. The Castle and
    2. The Bottoms
    The Castle: It is called the Castle because it is said that there was a Castle there long ago. There is a Little Hill in
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    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
    Essie Keogh
    Gender
    Female