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School: Cill Átha (roll number 9298)

Location:
Killagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Pender
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0157

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    piece of land, with a ditch all round it. Long ago children were buried in this plot, and the little graves are still to be seen there, with a headstone on each one.
    The Cathair is a high hill, with a fairy fort in its centre.
    Maighréad's Bush is a hawthorn bush. It stands alone on a little green patch of land in the centre of a large bog.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Ballymabilla, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Curley
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Ballymabilla, Co. Galway