School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)

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   Lettergullion is supposed to mean Cullen's wet field or it may mean the wet hill side of the Holly. Giant tracks are to be seen on large stones in Bandra. The oldest people are Eliza Duffy and John Reilly. None of them know any Irish.

   

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   The name of my townland is Kilmahon in the parish of Drumlish and Barony of Longford. There are about sixteen families in my district and sixty people. The most common names are Lennon and McGann. There are two families of McGanns and three of Lennons. There is a graveyard in Kilmahon and where it now stands there was once a monastery built by a Saint named Mahon. It is believed there was a church here in the Penal Days. What is believed to be an old Altar Stone is to be seen in the Graveyard. The land

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Kilmahon, Co. Longford

   Collector

   Patrick Brady

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilmahon, Co. Longford