School: Ráth Ciaragáin (Mount Bolus)

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   one fort it is of a round shape, and there are trees growing in it. It belongs to Tom Devery. There are six woods in Lowertown. The land in it is very good. It is very good especially for growing barley oats and potatoes. It is not much good for grazing. Lowertown is in the barony of Ballyboy. Lowertown is about three miles North East of Mount Bolus.

   

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   I live in the village of Mount Bolus. There are twenty houses in the village. There are about fifty people living ing Mount Bolus. There is also a school, a chapel and a hall. The chapel is about one hundred years old. There is ruins of about five houses in the village. There are three people over seventy.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Mountbolus, Co. Offaly

   Collector

   Joseph Butler

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mountbolus, Co. Offaly

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   I live in the townland of Killoughey. There

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