School: Derryvoney
- Location:
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mary Ní Néill
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- (continued from previous page)there is no one living in. The land is very hilly and boggy. The river Erne is a big river. The canal, The Loop, Granny's Lough. Some of these rivers and lochs are big. Nearly all the houses are thatched some of them are slated in this District.
- This is how Derravona got its name. Derra comes from oak and Vona comes from turf, and there long ago were bogs of oak trees growing.
- Collector
- May Morton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Owen Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryvony, Co. Cavan
