School: Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 6705)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Laird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 479
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- My townlandI live in the townland of Mullaghamore in the barony of Boyle and the parish of Kilmore.There are seven families in the townland and about twenty six people live in it. There is only one thatched house in it and all the rest are slated. There are no old people living in Mullaghamore at the present time. [None of them can tell Irish tales or stories].The houses were more numerous in former times but many of them have entirely disappeared and so there are no ruins to be seen.I know of nobody from this townland who emigrated to America but several have emigrated to Canada. The land is hilly and rich. There are no woods, rivers, lakes nor streams in Mullaghmore but there are good spring wells.There are two circular plantings of trees on two separate hills in this townland in which grow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Garland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Mc Partland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mr Laird
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Roscommon
