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School: Cordangan, Tiobraid Árann (roll number 9670)

Location:
Cordangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Brighid Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 346

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 346

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  1. My Home District (continued)

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    streams. There are over two hundred acres in the district of Fawnagown.
    Another meaning given for "Fawnagown" is "Faithche na Gabhann", or the "little green plots of the smiths".
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  2. The Townland of Gortaknockeare

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    My home district is situated in the townland of Gortaknockeare. The meaning of Gortaknockeare is Gort-Cnuic-gCaoirigh or the field of the hill of the sheep.
    Gortaknockeare is a townland in the parish of TIpperary and in the Barony of Clanwilliam. There are about twelve houses in Gortaknockeare. There ae twelve families in Gortaknockeare and there are forty-seven people living in the townland. Kinane is the family name most common. There are eleven slated houses and one thatched house there. There is one man over seventy - his name is Michael Kiely, Gortaknockeare
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Gortaknockeare, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Michael Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortaknockeare, Co. Tipperary