School: Scairt Liath, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 2805)

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1. My Home District (continued)

   

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   people in the district. A great many of the houses are thatched in the townland. Very few of them are slated.
   During the last few years many of the old people have died some of whom were able to speak Irish.
   The land in the district is very hilly and there are also a few small bogs.
   There is one wood in the district.
   The land is very good more especially on the higher levels. But where the land is low it is boggy and not much good. The wood that is there is not very large. It is situated on the side of a hill. There are no rivers or streams here important enough even to have a name.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   I live in South East Cork in the town-land of Kilteskin, in the parish of Aghada, and in the barony of Immokilly. There are three families living in the town-land of Kilteskin, therefore no name can be

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máirín Ní Ruiseáil

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Titeskin, Co. Cork