School: Druim an Easbuig
- Location:
- Drumanespick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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- In olden days the people had a name on every field. These names still remain. Some of them were very Irish names. My father Thomas Smyth, Greaghlough, Killinkere, has a field called the "Mollie Crom". The "Mollie Crom" is a hill hanging over the hollow below. It is a very big hill. There is a bush in the middle of the "bush field". That is why it gets this name. There is a sand-hole in the "sand-hole field" There used to be a lime kiln in this field. Limestone used to be burned in this kiln. The "wooden gate field" got its name from a wooden gate; Although an iron gate takes the place of the wooden gate now, the name still remains.
The old people used to have a lot of names on hollows and heights. James Traynor's hollow has this name because James(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Tom Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghclogh, Co. Cavan