School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

Location:
Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 081

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 081

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  3. XML “Forts”
  4. XML “Cnoc na Rí”
  5. XML “Games I Play - Colours”
  6. XML “Famine Times”

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    him kicking football till he nearly died. This happened almost a hundred years ago. The fort is round and there is a hedge almost surrounding it.
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  2. Cnoc Na Ríogh is a hill beside Clonmellon village. It is circular and there are a lot of trees on top of it. It can be seen from Balls fort in Killallon. There used to be fairies in the fort but there are not any in it now

    (Mícheál Ó Cléirigh from Jim Clarke Clonmellon)
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  3. "Colours" is usually played in Winter by the children. Sometimes, the old people play the game as well. One person tells another that he will make him say some colour. The other person says that he wont make him say the colour. Then they start off. The person that is trying to make him say the colour tells him to say a lot of other colours. Then he says the colour real quick and the other person says it after him.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    4. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
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  4. The worst year of the famine in Ireland was 1847. Some people say that a lot of people died of diseases caused by the famine. There is a large monument near Kells known as the
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