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School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)

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Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mrs Peoples
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1091, Page 124

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  1. Mo Cheantar Féin

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    Mo Cheanntar Féin
    I live in the town land of Glinsk which is situated in the Parish of Clondevaddock in the Barony of Kilmacrenan.
    There are fifteen houses in my town land but there were twenty three in it long ago.
    There are eight houses with slate roofs and eleven have thatched roofs.
    The people of this part that have thatched roofs still thatch them every year.
    There are seven old people in this town land over seventy years of age.
    One of these old people can speak Irish and he is over ninety years. This man's name is John Carr Glinsk.
    The other old people in the town land of Glinsk are as follows,
    William Peoples
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    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
    Glinsk, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Maggie Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glinsk, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Annie Carr
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Address
    Glinsk, Co. Donegal