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School: Manulla (Cailíní)

Location:
Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 409

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    My home district is in the town land of Manulla. The houses in it are very numerous, and are about equal in number to those which were in it long ago. No ruins of old houses remain, but every house in the village is newly built except two. The village is called Cairantubber and it is situated about eight miles from Castlebar.
    The land occupied by three families now, belonged at one time to a family named Bermingham. The owners of these three divisions are Laurence Hughes, John Luskin and Pat McEllin. During the famine years the original owners emigrated to America and Australia. The man who went to Australia was killed when working in a good
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Margaret Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowntober Eighter, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Laurance Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Carrowntober Eighter, Co. Mayo