School: Baile na Cille (roll number 1320)

Location:: Ballynakill, Co. Galway
Teacher:: Éinrí Ó Mainnín

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My Townland (continued)

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the village of Callatra.

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My Townland

Newtown is the name of my townland. There are ten families in it. There are fifty two people in it. A family of the McDonaghs left Newtown a few years ago. McDonagh is the most common name in the townland of Newtown. There are five houses thatched and five slated.

There are two old women and one old man in the townland of Newtown. They do not speak the Irish language. They do not tell stories. Their names are

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