School: Baile na nGalloglach (Milford) (roll number 15338)
- Location:
- Millford, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 030
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- (continued from previous page)Gallagher. [?]
are the most common names.
The houses are nearly all two storey slated houses except a few one storey thatched ones. There are a few three storey houses also including the hotel.
There are five or six people of seventy or over. Only two of these can speak the Irish language. They are all good story tellers. Their names are Mrs. Conaghan, Mrs. McCreadie, Robert Hazlett, Andy Gallagher, and Hughie Crerand. Mrs Conaghan and Mandy Gallagher speak Irish.
There are more houses in this town now than there were a hundred years ago. There are a few old ruins because of the people emigrating.
The local place names are Jonnie's Brae, Pat's Parlour, Madgie's Lane, Stoney Park [?]undering inns, Green Hill, Rosie's field, Donkey's Brae, Coach Brae, Mill Brae, and the Russian.
There are a good many lakes around Milford. Lough Fern the largest is about a mile and a half outside the town.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Una Mc Cafferty
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Millford, Co. Donegal
