School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
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- 2. The name of my townland is Lyre. It is so called because there is a glen running through it and it is the shape of a fork. The name of my Parish is Killeentierna, it means the church of St Tierna. It is in the barony of Trughenacmy. There are four families living in the townland. They are all slated houses. The houses were more numerous in former times. There are five old ruins in my townland. The inhabitants emigrated to America. The land is hilly and boggy.
- Collector
- Joan Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lyre, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Batt Daly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Lyre, Co. Kerry
- 3. Dromulton is my townland and district. It is in the parish of Killeentierna and in the barony of Trughenacmy. There are twenty families living there and about eighty people in all. Most of the houses are thatched, but there are three slate houses in it. There are five people over seventy years of age living there. They do not know Irish. Houses were more numerous in former times. There were a number of mud-cabins in the townland long ago, but these are now in ruins. There are about twenty(continues on next page)
