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School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)

Location:
Rathkell, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 153

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  1. The Village of Errew (continued)

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    There is a hotel in this village and it was built about sixty-five years ago by a landlord named Knox.
    He had it about eight years and the courts took it from him for non-payment of rent. They had it about twenty years and a man from Ballina named Burke bought it from them. Then a man named Fitzgerald rented it from him and he had it till the 4th of September, 1912, when the Community of Jesus and Mary rented it. They had it till September 1st 1916 when they removed to Gortnor Abbey as it was more central for a convent and a secondary school. Then Miss Canavan rented it and it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Errew, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Eileen O' Malley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael O' Malley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo