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School: Cnoc an Éalóidh (roll number 16562)

Location:
Knockanelo, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 458

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    My Home District.
    There name of my home district is Knockduff. It is in the parish of Ardagh and in the Barrony of Tirawley. It is a small townland. There are three families in it and about eighteen people in population. The family name most common is McLoughlin. The houses are in general thatched. There are about five yards wide and fifteen yards long. They have two rooms and a kitchen.
    There is one man in the townland who is over seventy years of age. His name is: Mr. Anthony Brennan Knockduff, Crofton Park Via [?] Ballina.
    (K) He can tell stories both in English and Irish. Houses were more numerous in my home district in former times. There were four families more in it, about fifty years ago.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Knockduff, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mícheál Mac Lochlainn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Knockduff, Co. Mayo