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School: Sonna (roll number 1422)

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Kildallan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs O' Connell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 186

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    Moinín na Mis-cán is the name of a field, and it is situated in Walshestown, and it got its name because it is a very boggy place.
    Ballagh is the name of a few fields, and it got its name because it is situated near a town.
    Baile-fóid is the name of a few fields between two crossroads, and it is so called because it is connected with Monroe bog.
    There is now a cottage built near Baronstown, on the site of an old chapel, and the field surrounding it is now called the chapel field.
    The castle field is so called because there was a castle in it long ago, it is now used for sheltering cattle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Joseph Nangle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Occupation
    Schoolboy
    Address
    Sonna Demesne, Co. Westmeath