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School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)

Location:
Windfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
M. Ó Lócháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0031

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  2. Penal Times

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    In the Penal times when Priest had to go to all sorts of lonley places to read Mass and administer the Sacraments Mr. Bellew a Land Lord who lived up till recently in Mount Bellew kept a Priest in those Days. The people for many miles around the place went to Mass there and none of the Priest Hunters ever heard it.
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  3. Old Place Names

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    The name of my village is Tullyvillage. It got its name from a hill that lies near it, the old name for hill being Tulac. This hill gives a name to a field in which the hill lies
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