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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 64

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    The townland I live in is called Iskaheen. It is in the Paris of Muff, Co Donegal. The name in Irish is "Uisge caoin" which means the clear water. There are about 130 people in the townland and about 30 houses.
    McColgan is the most common name in Iskaheen. The most of the houses are slated and some of them have zinc roofs. Maggie McCallion and Mary Ann Kane are both over seventy years old. The houses were more numerous in olden times. There are about seven houses in ruins in this townland. Parts of this district are hilly, there is some bogland in it, and there is some
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Eskaheen, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Teresa Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Eskaheen, Co. Donegal