School: Earl Darnley (roll number 13573)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siubhán Ní Loichéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 196
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- (continued from previous page)winter. Ludo is about the favourite table-game.
Boys never play Jack-stones. It is played with five stones and is a favourite of the girls.
- I live in the village of Crossakiel, which contains approximately sixty or seventy people. Rielly is the family name most common in and around Crossakiel. All of the houses are slated and are nearly all two stories. There are about seven people over seventy living there and none of them know Irish. Some of them tell stories in English but not very often. There are very few houses in ruins in Crossakiel .
The land around my home is hilly, but very good. There are no bogs on it, and no woods. The nearest wood is about a mile away. There are a few small rivers run-(continues on next page) - Collector
- Noel Booker
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossakeel, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mabel Booker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossakeel, Co. Meath
