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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

Location:
Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0381

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    1. The name of the townland where I live is Abbey. There are four shops in it.
    2. There is a church in it also. The church is kept clean and neat always.
    3. There is one forge in it. This is worked by Tim Kelly. There is a Post-office in it, it belongs to Mrs Dervan.
    4. There is one tailor and a dress-maker in it also.
    There names are Pete Shiel and Mrs Callanan.
    5. There are no Protestants around my home district. We do have missions in the church also.
    6. There are twenty one houses in the village.
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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
    Abbey, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Thérèse Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway