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School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)

Location:
Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269, Page 098

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  1. My Home District

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    The name of my district is Kiltoom, Townland is Curnaseer, Parish is Ballybay. There are sixteen houses in my Townland, eight of them are thatched and eight are slated. There five old people in my Townland. They tell stories in English. There were houses more numerous locally in former times, there are two of three in ruins.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Glennon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon

  2. My Home District

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    My home District's name is Kiltoom. My townland is is Curramore. My parish is Ballybay. There are twenty families in my townland: Curramore got its name from a field named the Curragh and it is a big
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