School: Currach Ruadh (roll number 2915)
- Location:
- Curraghroe, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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- My native townland
Granaghan-Dillon
I live in the townland of Granaghan-Dillon. It is in the parish of Kilgefin and Cloontuskert, and in the Barony of Roscommon. There are seven families in this townland abd tere are 25 people living in it. The most common family name in it is 'Kelly'. There is one two storey slated house situated in it and the other houses are one storey thatched houses. The general number of rooms in each house is three, including the kitchen which is situated between the two rooms. The townland got its name Gránachán on account of it being a good place for growing grain. There is only one person over 70 years in the townland. His name is Thomas Kelly and his address is, Granaghan-Dillon, Curraghroe, Longford.
He is not able to tell stories in Irish, but he is able to tell stories in English of days gone by. Houses were more numerous in the townland some years ago than they are today. The ruins of two houses are to be seen yet. Some of the people in the townland(continues on next page)
