School: Kerrykeel (roll number 6849)
- Location:
- Carrowkeel, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 199
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- (continued from previous page)Apart from distinguishing names for families of the same surname there are no prominent nicknames in the district.
- There is no Mass-rock in the school district but there is one in the adjoining district. It is situated in the townland of Glenalla or between the townlands of Glenalla and Lurganboyce. The mass-rock is situated on the top of a hill which still bears the name of Cnoc an Aifrinn. This hill was a most suitable place for a mass-rock as from it there is an uninterrupted view for several miles in all directions.The village of Kerrykeel is built beside the Burnfoot River. The portion of the village nearest to the river is known as the Ford. There was a ford at this part of the river; it is now bridged and no one remembers the bridge being built.There is no Catholic Church in the district. The nearest Catholic Church is in Glenvar, three miles distant from the Village.
There is a Presbyterian Meeting House in the district which is comparatively modern but I have been told that it replaced the old Meeting House(continues on next page) - Collector
- Séamus Mac Gabhann
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Ranny, Co. Donegal
