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School: Ballyboghill

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Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 358

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  3. XML “Home Districts - Mainscourt (Ballyboghill)”
  4. XML “Home Districts - Bettyville (Ballyboghill)”

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  1. Home Districts - Mainscourt (Ballyboghill) (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    in Mainscourt aged about seventy years. There is another fairly big whitewashed house and one part of it was a barrack about fifty years ago.
    The land in Mainscourt is fertile and good for grazing. Most of it is owned by Mr Counihan and he rears many cattle and sheep there.
    Told by, Madge Keely, Mainscourt, Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin.
    Mrs. Keely, Mainscourt,Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin. Aged 46yrs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Home Districts - Bettyville (Ballyboghill)

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    The name of my home district is Bettyville which means a town. It was called Bettyville after a girls name Betty. Long ago a rich man lived in it and his daughters name was Betty. That is how it got its name.
    Bettyville is in the parish of Lusk. There are six families
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Bettyville, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Janie Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bettyville, Co. Dublin