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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

Location:
Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 098

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    The name of my Townland is Rossmore and my Parish is Ballyfin. I am in the barony of Maryborough west.
    In the Townland there are nine families and about forty-nine people. No family name appears more than once. There is one slated house in the district and the remaining eight are thatched. There was probably a wood in the district in which the Townland got its name.
    There are three old people living there but they are not regarded as story-tellers. In former days a man named John Dunne emigrated to America. As far as I can find out the Townland is not mentioned in any song.
    The Catholes river divides Capard from our district in which there is a waterfall further down. To my knowledge there are no streams that have any stories connected with them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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