School: Killyrann

Location:
Killyran, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Stafford
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  1. I live in the townland of Killyran which is in the Parish of Templeport four miles from the village of Bawnboy and six miles from Ballyconnell.
    There are ten families living in it and the best known name of the families is Downey. There are forty-nine people living in it and two of them are old as they are over seventy years of age. One is Mr. Mcaul and the other is Mr. Downey.
    There was another very old woman living in it and her name was Mrs. Taylor and she was over ninety years of age but she died some years ago. There was another man living in it called Robert Downey and he was over seventy years of age and he died a couple months ago.
    Most of the houses that are in it are thatched but a couple of them are slated. The people that live in it do not speak much Irish except a few words such as muc when they are speaking to the pig or botaireen when
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killyran, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Daisy Gault
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killyran, Co. Cavan