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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 288

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    The wild birds found in this district are crows, thrushes, black-birds, seagulls, hawks, pigeons, cuckoos, swallows, robins, wrens, "willy"-wagtails, tomtits, linnets, chaffinches, gold-finches, larks, sparrows, yellow-hammers, starlings, storks, corncrakes and water hens.
    The different species of game are, pheasants, grouse, partridge, snipe, woodcock, plover, lapwing, wild-duck, curlew and wild-goose.
    Of the game birds the woodcock, wild-goose and snipe are migratory. The woodcock and wild-goose leave us in the end of spring and go to the Shetland Islands or to Sweden and Norway and there they build
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryhillagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Matthew Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derryhillagh, Co. Mayo