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School: Cloncovid

Location:
Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Savage
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 200

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    The name of my district is Cloncovid which is situated in the parish of Mullahoran in the barony of Clonmahon. There are 38 families in my district and about 135 people. The most common names of families are the Reillys and Comaskeys. Nearly all the houses are thatched.
    Cloncovid means the "field of defence."
    There are eight or nine old people in my district and they can not speak Irish. The houses of this district were more numerous long ago and a lot of them are in ruins now for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Monica Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncovet, Co. Cavan