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School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 375

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    21st March, 1938
    The name of my townland is Carrowblagh. It is in the district of Glentogher. Its parish is Carndonagh and its barony Inishowen.
    Carrowblagh means a quarter land of flowers.
    Glentogher is about three miles from the nearest town and it is about four miles long. The district consists of about eight or more townlands.
    There are about eight families in my townland or forty two people. Diver and MacLaughlin are the most common names in it.
    The houses are one story high asome thatched and others slated.
    There are no people in my townland over seventy or seventy yet. The people in it know
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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
    Carrowblagh, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Susie Mac Cole
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glentogher, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Denis Toland
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Ellen Toland
    Gender
    Female