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   III Long ago Cloonmore belonged to the Blakes of Townhill. there was a church once there and a churchyard also where some of the village people were interred but that church was knocked down by Cromwell and his soldiers. There is a cave there also on one side it is continuing over to "Irishtown" and on the other side to "Garryduff." A priest called Fr. Kelly went into the cave once and found that it was devided into small little rooms, but it is now closed in as there is a road built on it. The land was very hilly and therefore the ploughing used be done with bullocks, about ninety years ago,. There was a landlord once living in Cloonmore namely

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Cloonmore, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Brigid Mc Manus

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonmore, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Manus

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   53

   Address

   Cloonmore, Co. Mayo