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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 048

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    but now no trace of them remains, and no one would never know where their cabins stood if old people did not point out the exact spot. The people left these places long ago and emigrated to America and elswhere. It is in this town-land that Samuel Allen Adams build a very large house and came to live in it. It is nearly two - hundred since the land-lord came to the district and he had a very large estate owing all the sorrounding town-land. About twelve years ago the decendants of this land-lord sold out all their estate and houses and went back to England where they first came from. A man the name of Patrick Smith bought part of the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Closnabraddan or Taghart North, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Rose Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Brigid Mooney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan