School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)
- Location:
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 263
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- The name of my townland is Fermoyle. Fermoyle is taken from the Irish name fear maoil (bald man)
There are fourteen farmers houses in Fermoyle. Killian is the most common name. The population is over seventy.
Some of the houses are thatched and others are slated.
There are three people over seventy in Fermoyle Dan Killian, John Killian and Mrs Killian. They know no Irish because no Irish was never taught in their time They can tell English stories.
In former times houses were more numerous in Fermoyle. There are the ruins of two or three houses and one large castle in Fermoyle. There is the ruin of a house belonging to Aine Hanley in Michael Kearney's ground. There is the ruin of another house in Dan Killians ground(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford
