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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

Location:
Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 102

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    slates on tiles.
    There are only two persons over seventy living there and they are not able to speak any Irish.
    Long ago the land was very bad, barren and marshy and unfruitful and the only crop that grew in it was rye.
    There was an herb growing in the land that nothing but geese could eat and everyone at that time had large flocks of geese on this mountain.
    The people living in the townland now are very industrious and they have reclaimed the land and with the help of manures any crop can be raised there even beautiful crops of wheat
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Margaret Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry