School: Belcarra (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mary T. Moran
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0094, Page 464
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- The following account of the various trades int the olden times in Belcarra area, was narrated to the teacher by Michael Moran, now residing in Roslahan.Cnoch na bhFiadhach is a small hill sloping northwest and between it and the present village of Belcarra, lay, along the Stage Coach Road, a populous village called after the hill Cnoch na bhFiadhach.
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The old Stage Coach road from Poll Mor, Ballyfarana, near Belcarra to Mulchrone's house near Doonamona, was at one time a busy place. Along this road lay a village of fifty houses called Cnoc na bhFíadhach. On the south side of this once populous village was a hill facing south west, on the side of the hill was a wood in which deer roamed at will.Each family had only a garden containing a rood or at most a half acre, one or two lucky families had an acre. This small patch of ground was used to provide potatoes, a little plot of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 87
- Address
- Roslahan Upper, Co. Mayo
