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School: Duleek (C.) (roll number 3114)

Location:
Duleek, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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    birds have a very unpleasant time in this country as the Fowlers are always looking for them to shoot them. The only peaceful time they have is at night. The birds that escape death go back to their own country about the 1st March. We have also a large number of native birds - Finches, Linnets, Stonechatters, Redpolls, Owl, Hawk, Crow, Jack daw, Robin, magpie, Thrush, Curlew, and the Whren.
    The Robin builds her nest in the bank, the Stonechatter in the
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    Patrick Mc Carthy
    Gender
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    Keenoge, Co. Meath