School: Grangeford, Tullow
- Location:
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Leanne Doyle
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 262
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- The Townland of Grangeford in the Parish of Rathoe and Ballon. Barony of Carlow. There are twenty-one families in Grangeford and eighty-four people. Byrne or Nolan is the most common name in this district. The houses are mostly slated and the remainder thatched or tiled. Before Grange Bridge was built the people used to ford the river that is how Grangeford got its name. There are two people over seventy. They do not know Irish. There were three more houses in olden-times than there are now. Grangeford is mentioned in one song, "The Blooming Flower of Grange" There is good land in Grangeford. The local river is the Aghalona
- In the townland of Johnstown and Parish of Tinryland and Bennekerry and Barony of Carlow there are seventeen families. There are about eighty people in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katie Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- George Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Carlow
