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School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
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    There are many different kinds of birds around our district namely-pigeons, blackbirds, robins, wrens, thrushes, jackdaws, waterhens, sparrows, goldfinches, ravens, larks, and magpies mans swallows, starlings, cuckoos, and corncrakes.
    The cuckoo the swallow and the starling migrates and some people say the corncrake migrates while others say she sleeps the Winter in some old ditch or hole.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon