School: Machaire
- Location:
- Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Ó Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1023, Page 103
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- My townland is Maghera, in the parish of Drung, and in the barony of Duracarn.
There are three families in it and there are about fifteen people living in the district.
Most the houses are thatched. There are not many old people living in the district except two old women, who dont know Irish but they can tell old stories in English.
It is a great pity that these old people die, because they are very cheerful and look very happy. There is only one ruin in the district and it belonged to the "Martin" family, and they have all died.
In former years the inhabitants of my district were more numerous(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Magherintemple, Co. Cavan
