School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)

Location:
Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Mac Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 495

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  1. I live in the townland of Tristernagh. There are eight families living in Tristernagh. The population of Tristernagh is about thirty or thirty five people. The commonest family in Tristernagh is a family of Reilly.
    There are four thatched houses and four slated houses. There were more houses in the townland of Tristernagh sixty years ago than at present. There were up to forty houses on the bóthar na marbh forty years ago. This bóthar na marbh was a great road long ago in Tristernagh. The meaning of the name Tristernagh is thorns and thistles.
    There are four old people in the townland of Tristernagh of whom
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Patrick Jordan
    Gender
    Male