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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.

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   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