School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)

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   We call all our fields by different names such as, the hill of the bush, the rock field, the river meadow, the croppie field, mary's hill, and the big meadow. We gave the bush field its name because it has one bush in the middle of it. We gave the rock field its name because there is a rock in it. We gave the river field its name because there is a river running at the bottom of it.
   We gave the croppie field its name because at the battle of Ballinamuck one of the irish men which was called croppie was wounded. He fled off the battle field and he died on our hill. It was called Croppies hill ever since. Mary's hill got its name because it was there that a woman lived called Mary.

   

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2. Local Place Names

   

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   The names of the fields on the farm are, the bog field, the bush field, the heather hill, the long hill, the long meadow. The bog field

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Doire Chaoláin, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Gee

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Doire Chaoláin, Co. an Longfoirt