School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 058
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- Name: Sheephouse.
Townland: Sheephouse.
Parish: Donore.
Barony: Lower Duleek.
Number of families: Nine.
Number of people: Thirty-six.
Family names most common: All the old family names - Craven, Mc Donnell, Magrane, and Madden have died out. Most of the inhabitants of Sheephouse at the present are not more than 10 or 15 years living in the village, with the exception of John Farrell and Brigid Farrell.
Types of houses: Slated. New cottages are being built.
How the townland got its name: The monks of Mellifont used to keep their sheep on the lands at Sheephouse. The house in Sheephouse Yard is said to have been an Infirmary for the people of the district. It belonged to the monks.
Old people: Mrs. Kelly, Brigid Farrell, John Farrell, John Bates. They do not know Irish, but they can tell stories in English.
People used to emigrate to America and other countries(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath
