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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 164

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  1. My Home District - Killeen Reevagh

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    Killeen Reevagh
    There are fourteen families in this district and there are seven thatched houses and seven slated houses in it. There is one old woman over seventy named and. Mrs Fallory. There are sixty five people in this district. The people speak English only. Houses were much more numerous in olden days, many people emigrated to America, and there are a great number of ruins, contains a large marshy district but not streams or lakes. The majority of the land is good.
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  2. My Home District - Gailey Beg

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    Gailey-Beg
    There are five families in this town land and there are twenty nine people in it. The people speak English only. There are three slated houses and [illegible] thatched houses in this district. There are three ruins in it also. Fords, Kelly's, and Tooline who are gone to America. There are no people over seventy in this district. the land is very sandy and rocky.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kitty Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeenrevagh, Co. Roscommon