School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)
- Location:
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 194
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- I live in the village of Shanagolden which is in the townland of Ballycormick and in the Barony of Shanid.Shanagolden is a small town situated in the west of Co. Limerick. There are about one hundred families living in it. It consists of one long running in an east-to-west direction with houses on both sides. Most of the houses are private ones and there are abut a score of shops of different kinds - mostly grocery shops and public houses. The public buildings in Shanagolden are a library, Guards' Station, schools, two churches - a Protestant church and a Catholic one. There is a big creamery at one end of the village. This was built about thirty years ago and is a very successful one. At the time of the Anglo-Irish war it was burned down by the Black-and-Tans - as also were a few private houses in the village. Near Shanagolden there is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eoin Curran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Michael Curran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
