School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 388
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- (continued from previous page)travel in families. The most well known are Mick Driscoll, Paddy Driscoll, Bill Driscoll, Mary Tinsley, Daniel O'Connell, Mrs Hourigan, Mrs Mahony, Mrs Lynch, Kate Creedon, Dene The halfpenny and several others. As a rule they come at Christmas and Easter or when there is a wedding in the district. They often bring news from distant parts. The old people used gather around them as there was hardly any newspaper at the time.
- Information supplied by Mrs Healy, Aghabullogue, Coachford, Co. Cork. Age about 50 years.
The wild birds which frequent this parish are. The cuckoo, robin, lark, wren, thrush, crow, sparrow, blackbird, jackdaw, wagtail,swallow. They go away in the Autumn to warm countries until the Winter is over.
They build their nests in bushes by the roadside and under the eaves of houses. The crows build on the top of trees. The jackdaws build in chimneys. The larks build in tufts of grass.
The nests are made with sticks lined with moss and hair. The crows nests are(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Healy
- Gender
- Male
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- Mrs Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
