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School: Ballinafid (roll number 5390)

Location:
Ballynafid, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 243

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  2. Place Names

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    Travelling through the estate of Major Smyth in Ballinafid we see some queer names on fields which were named when his father bought the estate about the year eighteen hundred.
    One of them is the "Keeper's Field" which was named because a house was built on it in which a game-keeper lived. After his death the house was knocked down and the field got the name of the "Keeper's Field".
    Another field belonging to the same estate is
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