School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0375
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- (continued from previous page)is said that the houses fell in and the grass grew over them, there is an old road running through this field. West from the road their is a field called the "churchyard field" where thee was a churchyard long ago. The chapel for the town it is said was in Ballinglough.
- There are five large lakes in Cloran, they are very large and are of peculiar shapes, there is one the shape of a boat, another the shape of a harp, the third is the shape of a heart, the fourth is the shape of a spoon and the fifth is the shape of a bottle.It is said that long ago when fishing was very common in the country, the people came to fish to those lakes during mass-time instead of going to mass. The parish priest at that time was Father Murray and when he heard this he was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Róisín Ní Charra
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Miceal Ó Carra
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
