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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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    The name of the townland in which I live is Ballybeg in the parish of Strokestown and in the Barony of North Roscommon.
    There are three families in this townland and there are twenty two people living in it. Two of the houses are one story thatched houses and the other is a two story slated house.
    The townland is said to have got its name on account of the small number of houses that were in it. There were two houses more in our townland in former times. One of them is in ruin and the other
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Egan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Roscommon