School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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  1. Newtown, Newtown Moynalty Lower Meath,
    Eleven families and forty people.
    Reilly is the most common name. Most of the houses are slated. There are two people over seventy, James Mc Gillie and Maria Farrell. The houses were more numerous in former times. They dont know any Irish. They cannot tell stories. One house is in ruins it belonged to Dan Farrell. The town-land is not mentioned in any song that I know. There are no hills in Newtown. There is no boggy land in it at all. It is very good land for tillage and grazing. There is no river in it. There are no lakes in it. There are two streams in Newtown There are no stories connected with them.
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