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School: Druim Snámha (roll number 14057)

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Drumsna, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0213, Page 073

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  2. My Townland

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    The name of the downland I live in is Liscallyrone. It is called that because there are four forts in it. There are twelve houses in it and an old ruin. Some of the people of the downland emigrated to American and England. In the penal times there were about thirty houses in it and they all fell and the people that were in them died of starvation. There is one house in the downland which belongs to Frank Lenehan and it is said that there is a pot of gold hidden in the byre and that one person
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Liscallyroan, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Ellie J. Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscallyroan, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs B. Feeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscallyroan, Co. Leitrim