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School: Baile Deasún (C.)

Location:
Baile Deasumhan, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 542

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    Our farm consists of about fifty acres of land. This is divided into many fields. Each field has a special name. The names of them are as follows - The kiln field, the small field, the stony field, the long meadow, páirc na gcapall, páirc na táilliúra, páirc a' 'túir, and the clanntín. The former is called "the kiln field" as there is a kiln built in its centre. This name was given to it by my grand-father R.I.P. The stony field gets its name from a quarry which is said to be under the surface. Long ago one field was specially selected for the farm horses. This was usually enclosed with a high fence. During the Summer
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Lily Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Tuairín Caoch, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Tuairín Caoch, Co. Chorcaí