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School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)

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Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
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Mrs Nora Lally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 278

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    Carnacregg house was built in or about the sixteenth century by a family of the Concannons of Tuam and Waterloo. During the famine (1845 - 1847) it was supposed to be a hospital and after that James Browne bought it. The tenants were then supplied with work and earned a good salary by repairing the estate for Browne.
    The property amounted to about six hundred acres. He also owned several others as Corofinn, Cooloo and Greenville. Ruins of another gentlemans residence are still to be seen in the neighbourhood. His name was O'Loughlin.
    Father John Noone dwelt with the O'Loughlins when he was
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clare Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownacregg East, Co. Galway
    Informant
    W. Hughes
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway