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School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)

Location:
Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 231

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    An old man named Larry Killian lived in the field called "Larry's House" about one hundred years ago.
    There is a small tree in Croneen from which it gets its name "Pats tree".
    The "Big Meadow" gets its name because it is a very big field and is always a meadow.
    The "Whinny field" is so called because it was full of whins long ago.
    Paul's Plantation is called because an old man named Pat Kearney lived in that field.
    In Tim Kenny's land Blenovoher there is a field called the "Priests Field" in which there is a Mass Bush that is always bloom in April. Mass was said under the bush in penal times.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen J. Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Lismacmanus, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Patrick Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Lismacmanus, Co. Longford