School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

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1. The Old Town (continued)

   

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   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.

   

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2. The Cloran Lakes

   

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   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

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Róisín Ní Charra

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Miceal Ó Carra

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath