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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

Location:
Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 052

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 052

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    The population is not nearly as large as it was in olden times as plenty of people emigrated to foreign countries and some of them died and had no one to take their places so their land was bought by some neighbours and joined on to his own farm.
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    I live in a place called Grangegeeth. It is in the parish of Ballynacarrigy in the barony of _____. There are three families in the townland. The families have all different names. There are two houses from which children come to school. There are twenty people, eight in one house seven in another and five in the other. The houses are all slated, two cottages and one farmer's house. I do not know how the townland got its name. There are no people
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    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Grangegeeth, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Eileen O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grangegeeth, Co. Westmeath