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School: Kilmyshal (roll number 14777)

Location:
Kilmyshall, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
E. Mac Niocláis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0891, Page 284

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    The name of my home district is Rossard. There are fourteen house's in it. The commonest name in my home district is Cowman. The houses are all slated except two. There are seven people in my district over seventy. There names are James Doyle Patrick Long Margaret Thorp James Brookes Elizabeth Brooks Brigid Brooks Elizabeth Griffin. They all live in Rossard. There were more house's in my district years ago then there are now. There are no traces of the now. The land is good for tillage and grazing. There is only a small bog in it. There are two rivers in my district. One of them is seperating Rossard from Kyle and Gurteen and the other is separating Boladoragh from Rossard. There is a small lake of water that you could see
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Rossard, Co. Wexford
    Collector
    Kathleen Slye
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Matthew Tyrrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Rossard, Co. Wexford