School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sr. Celestine Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 244

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 244

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    Ballynelly and one Ballybo in the 30 acres of Hugh Dougherty's farm where Moville now stands.
    But the late Mr Robert Nolan told me he had found other definitions in old records such as "a cow and a calf" a "cow and a half". Bishop Reeve says that in some countries a ballybo means as much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a certain time.

    Rita McGowan
    Carnagarve

    This folklore is an extract from a lecture on Moville and its neighbourhood by:-
    Bishop Montgomery
    Moville
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Ages ago in a small cabin situated near the top of bruck-an-um there dwelt a lonely man commonly known as Pat the Fiddler on account of the great love he had for that instrument and the heavenly music he could draw forth from it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Kilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal