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School: Glenalla (roll number 10744)

Location:
Glenalla, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Maude McCormack
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 66

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    Margaret Wallace, Alex Dickson, Charley Wallace, Mary Crawford, Mrs. Mc Elwee, Margaret Cathcart and Margaret Ann Alcorn.
    Al their addresses are the same, Glenalla, Ray, Lifford, Co. Donegal.
    Brigid can talk Irish and all the rest can talk English.
    There are three houses in ruins, Mc Ginnise’s, Matthew Wallace’s and Mc Swine’s.
    The Mc Ginnises are dead, the Wallaces are in Scotland and John Mc Swine is living in Ray.
    The land is very hilly and boggy. In the hills and bogs, fir is very plentiful. It is cut and put in heaps to dry. Then it is sold at fifteen shillings and one pound per load.
    Lough na Caille and Lough Columcille are the two lakes that are in Glenalla.
    The river [Tinn ?] rises in Lough na Caille and it flow into the Mill Dam.
    Franklin’s wood is the largest wood in the district.
    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
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Rita Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Nutt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal