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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 096

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  1. The Old Graveyards

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    It is said that there is an old graveyard in the townsland of Killamoyne. People do not remember burial's having taken place there. One day a man was ploughing in a field there, and he ploughed up bones. The local families still use certain graves they are further away that local one.
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  2. Potato Crop

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    There are potatoe's growing on the farm at home. There is about one acre and a half of land sowed under potatoes. My father and brothers
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary