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School: Lios na mBroc (roll number 11453)

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Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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    Townland of Coalbrook, Parish of Ballingarry, Barony of Slievardagh, Co. Tipperary.
    Number of families: Six
    Number of people: twenty six
    Houses slated: Four
    Houses tiled: One
    Houses thatched: One
    Number of families 50 years ago: six
    Approximate population 50 years ago: thirty one
    Number who emigrated within the past 50 years: Eight.
    Fifty years ago the townland contained about forty acres of woods. It not contains about two acres. It is the seat of Coalbrook Mansion, formerly the home of the Langley's and now occupied by Thomas Cantwell.
    When Colonel Langley received the land from Cromwell he built a mansion here and named it Coalbrook after Coalbrookdale the ancestral home of the family in Shropshire.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
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    Location
    Coalbrook, Co. Tipperary