School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

Location:
Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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    which are lower, and do not contain any windows upstairs. There are "sky-light" windows in two of the houses. Some of the houses are white-washed outside but others are cemented. The houses were much more numerous in the townland than they are now before the Famine Days, especially in the western parts of the townland These houses are not to be seen except a few of them which are to be seen in ruins. The people too, were more numerous but during the Famine Days many of them emigrated to America and ever since they are emigrating.
    Land
    The land is very varied. Some of it is good, some knobby and rough and some marshy and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Location
    Drishane, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Mary O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shantullig North, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mary J. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork