School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 241
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- The name of my townland is Curskeagh. It is in the Parish of Kiltrustan and in the Barony of Roscommon. There are about nine families in the district and about thirty people.
The names Kelly and Daly are most common. There are very few thatched houses in the district. All that are thatched are small with three windows and most of them have half - doors. They have two rooms and a kitchen but the slated houses are very big and roomy.
There are not many old people in the district - only about four, they know no Irish. Houses are more numerous than long ago. There are a few houses in ruins, people emigrated from them to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Bowens
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corskeagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Bean Uí Bhotháin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Bean feirmeora
- Address
- Corskeagh, Co. Roscommon
