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Published 2013, by the Meath Field Names Project, in association with the OPW, Meath County Council and other partners.
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The Meath Field Names Group is a voluntary group established in May 2008. This project is to record and publish the ‘Field Names’ of County Meath along with their history, features, name origin and folklore. The project is guided by an elected Steering Group along with a network of local volunteers. The project is strongly backed by Meath IFA, Meath Archaeological & Historical Society and Meath County Council Library Services. This project was supported by Meath Partnership, FBD Trust, the Heritage Council, the Trim Heritage Centre, business and private sponsors.
Due to changing farming and ownership patterns in rural Meath, the need to record the field names, folklore and features of our fields has become a matter of urgency. Much of the information is being carried in folk memory and is at risk because of the diminishing population of farmers and rural dwellers. Developments such as motorways, field amalgamations and modern farming practices are also bringing huge changes to the rural landscape of Meath. Old field names and valuable local history is easily lost with all this change process. The County of Meath has always been renowned for its rich heritage and history.
From early 2010 until 2013 the project worked on gathering field names and associated information in townlands all around the County with the help of several hundred volunteers. The information gathered was the inputted onto a database. This enabled the project to write up some of the main findings.
