School: Ferbane (Convent)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 462
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- (continued from previous page)'Curley's Field" belong to Egans. Royston's Field is so called because it belonged to a man named Royston long ago. A man named Farrell lived in "Farrell's Field" once, and a man named Curley lived in Curley's Field.
The "Scrub" and the "Point" belong to Kilmartins. The "Scrub" is a place where a lot of hazel trees and bushes grow. The "Point" is so called because one end of the field runs up in a long point.
The "Pound" is a place in Endrim. It is so called because the law kept confiscated property in it at one time. The "Carrig bat" is a place in Endrim also.
There is a lot of other places and fields with names such as :- "The ballows", "Hill o' the Wood", "The Bull Park", "Stone Park", "Park Wawn", "Sheep Walk", "Leenavan", "The Cruac Mór", and "The Wild Fields".
- Collector
- Margaret M. Keena
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggan, Co. Offaly
