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School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

Location:
Clonard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 167

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    town or a county and when the other side finds out what this name is they try to watch the girls on the other side and what ever side all the girls are caught from first loses.
    Teresa McCabe
    Ballinabarney
    Longwood.
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    The name of the townland in which I live is Ballinabarney in the parish of Clonard and in the barony of Upper Moyfenrath. There are about seven families in the townland. There are about 32 people in the townland.
    The houses are mostly mud walls and roofs of thatched. Ballinabarney means the town of the gap. There are no very old people living there.
    The people do not speak the Irish language and there are no good story-tellers only gossipers in the townland.
    There were more houses in the district long ago because there are many ruins.
    People emigrated from the townland in
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballynabarny, Co. Meath
    Collector
    Teresa Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynabarny, Co. Meath