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School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)

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Tallonstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Gráinnne
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    My Home Townland.
    My home townland is Lissrenny. It was first called the "Fort of the Ferns".
    There are fourteen families in Lissrenny.
    B. Filgate, P. Farrell, H. Hoey, J. Townley, H. McCormac, P. Mathews, T. Walker, O. Murphy, L. Clark, J. Mathews, D. Murphy, J. Morgan, T. Devin, P. Holland.
    There are two groups of families of the same name, Jack Mathews and P. Mathews and O. Murphy, and D. Murphy.
    There are six people over seventy in my townland. Hugh Hoey, Owen Murphy, Hugh Scott, Brigit Devin and Patrick Mathews.
    There are five woods with names, the "Devin wood", "The bog wood", " The halls wood",
    "The View wood" , "Aggie wood".
    Collected by Larry Farrell.
    Lissrenny,
    Ardee.
    Got from Mrs. Farrell,
    Lissrenny,
    Ardee,
    Co. Louth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lisrenny, Co. Louth
    Collector
    Larry Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisrenny, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Farrell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisrenny, Co. Louth