School: Hackettstown (2)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Anna Seabrooke
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- I live in the townland of Hacketstown Lower. There are only two families in Hacketstown Lower
There are about four hundred houses in Hacketstown. Byrne is the most common name around here.
There are a great many houses Slated. there are not very many houses thatched around here. The townland got its name because it is a little bit out of the town.
There are a great many people over seventy living in my home district.
I do not know of any old people around here that know Irish. I do (k) not know of any old people around here that can tell stories in Irshis or in English.
There are more houses in the town now than there were in former times. There are many ruins of old houses till lately. When they began to buld the new cottage they took away the ruins of the old houses.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sarah Jane Tutty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hacketstown Lower, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mr R. Tutty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
