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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0065

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    My Home District
    I live in the townland of Killure in the parish of Kilgerrill and in the barony of Clonmacnoon.
    There are seventeen houses in the district. About eighty people live in the district.
    Donnellan is the commonest name in the district. There are five families of that name in it.
    Most of the houses are thatched and others partly slated and partly thatched in this district.
    Killure means "The Church of the Yew Tree"
    There are five old people in the district. There is one of them can tell Irish stories. His name is Michael Geraghty, Lenafin, Ahascragh.
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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
    Killure Beg, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway