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School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)

Location:
Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 237

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    The name of my home district is Killadoran. It is in the parish of Delvin. It is in the barony of Fore. There are nine families in it. There are twenty-nine people in my district. Fitzsimons is the family name most common. Some of the houses are thatched and some are slated. It got its name from an old church that was in Killadoran in former times and is now a churchyard.
    There are people over seventy in it and they tell stories in English. They do not know Irish. These are the people over seventy, James Taylor, Thomas Bennet, Mrs. Duffy, Mrs. Monaghan all of Killadoran, Caddagh Cross, Mullingar, Co
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Patrick Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath