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School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 096

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  1. Local Happenings

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    There was a fight at a small hill in Cloncomber called Cnoc na muck, between the Reynolds of Leitrim and the Farrells of Longford. The Reynolds of Leitrim won.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Paddy Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim

  2. Potato Crop

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    Potatoes are set in the month of March, but in bad weather they are not set until April. They are set mostly in ridges. Sometimes a sod is turned with a plough. The manure is
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    History Edit