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School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)

Location:
Berrings, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 080

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    The town-land in which I live is called Gurtatrea. It is in the parish of Inniscarra. There are six other houses in the townland besides my house.
    There are twenty nine people living in Gurtatrea. It is a very wet place. There is a litle stream running through the town-land. The name of this stream is "The Sheep River".
    There is no song or poem about the town-land. There are no people over seventy in my district. There are a few ruins of old houses in the town-land.
    There is also a Catholic chapel in the town-land. About seventy or eighty years ago there was a grinding mill in the town-land. It is from this grinding mill that the place got the name of Gurtatrea.
    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
    Gortatray, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Mary Cooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortatray, Co. Cork