School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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   In the townland there are six families including seven-teen people. There are no two names the same. Onely one old person named Fitzpatrick liven there but he cannot speak Irish nor he cannot tell English stories.
   Houses were more numerous in former days. One house is in ruins. The people that was in it has extinked. The name of the that lived there were Culleton.
   The townland got it's name because there a lot of quicken-trees growing there long ago some remain there still.
   The six of the houses are thatched three have slated rooms.
   The half of the land is bad. The rest grows beet, wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and potatoes.
   There are a few

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Knocknakearn, Co. Laois

   Collector

   Maureen Deegan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocknakearn, Co. Laois