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School: Newtown (roll number 15531)

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Newtown, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eileen Hughes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0272, Page 027

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    The name most popular in the village of Newtown in the parish of Creagh and in the Barony of Moycarron is Carroll. They came from the Co. Tipperary and they were a great clan.
    There were many families of them the two families of Newtown and one in Ballygill and Carrolls of Clonbrock and Persse Park. There were 8 houses in the village of Newtown. There are four of the houses slated. No one over fifty knows Irish. There is a man about seventy a great English story-teller his name is Edward Carroll Newtown Ballinasloe.
    There are two other men also over
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Newtown, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Máire Ní Cillín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Roscommon