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School: Ballinafad

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Ballinafad, Co. Galway
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Mrs Ruane
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0010, Page 285

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    I mbéal-an-átha-fada atá mé i mo chomhnuidhe i bparáiste Cloch-na-Rón níl an oiread tighthe anois sa mbaile seo is a bhí ann fadó, mar tá na daoine go léir beagnach imthighthe go Meriocá. Slinn atá ar na tighthibh go léir anois. Na tighthe a bhí tuighe orrtha tá siad leagtha anois agus tighthe nua tógtha in a náit.
    Sé an fath a tugadh Béal-an Átha-Fada ar an mabaile seo, ná toisg é a bheith ag béal na h-Átha, tosuigheann an áth, ag an tSéipéil, téigheann sé siar tré Baile-na-hInse, síos ag an Abhainn mhór go dteigheann sí chum fairrge in aice le Cloch-na-Rón.
    Níl mórán sean daoine sa mbaile seo anois, cailleadh an té ba sine (Seán Mac Dáibhéad) trí bliana ó shoin, agus níl acht ceathrar sean daoine ann anois agus seo iad Seosamh O Mongán, Béal-an-Átha-fada, Co. na Gaillimhe, Máire Dáibhis, Beal-an Átha-fada, Co na
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    Irish
    Location
    Ballinafad, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mháille
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinafad, Co. Galway