School: Newtown, Borris

Location:
Newtown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 498

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 498

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    Struckán is the name of a stream in Ballyling. It is beside the road and the water runs beside the ditch.
    Cruishbeg is the name of a field belonged to Daniel Galavan Carriglead. It is a fairly wet field.
    Múnkawn is the name of a coarse meadow. Hay used to be cut of it and saved.
    Gorrighole is the name of a field belonging to James Gahan Coolyhune. It is flat reclaimed land.
    Galawakéen is the the name of another field in Coolyhune. It is a fine big field of good land.
    Ratheen is the name of a small field belonging to Thomas Murphy Coolyhune. It is well known by that name.
    Puideac is the name of another field. It used to be often called that name.
    The Newfarm is the name of a field in Coolyhune belonging to James Gahan It is beside a bog and was a bog one time.
    Flemmings is the name of a few fields in Coolyhune joining Ballyling belonging to James Gahan. These fields are
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Coolyhune, Co. Carlow
    Collector
    Thomas Gahan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    James Gahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Coolyhune, Co. Carlow