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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 Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 515

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  1. My Home District (continued)

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    the houses are neatly thatched. The most common family name in the village was Gibbons. There were six families of that name and now there is only one.
    There are very few old people and none of them speaks Irish. There are about two hundred acres of excellent land in the village of Tuam with plenty of turbary attached.
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  2. The Potato Crop

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    The Potato Crop.
    We sow about one acre of potatoes every Spring. The land is usually covered with stable manure before being plough into ridges
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs J. Compton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Roscommon