School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)

Location:
Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 255

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  1. My name is Olive Lindsay. The name of my home district is Fermoyle in the parish of Calry and in the barony of Carbury. There are nine families in the townland and about sixty people in all. No two families have the same surname. The house are all one-storey hight but some are slated and some thatched. Mrs Shaw got a grant from the Government of £80 last year to slate her house. Mr Henry is over seventy years but he does not tell any stories. There
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    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Lindsay
    Gender
    Female