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School: Cullies

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Cullies, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 005

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    18th October 1937
    My Home District
    The townland I live in is called Cullies, the parish is Knockbride and the barony is Clankee. In this townland there are ten famililes. There are fifty eight people living in it. The names most common are Hand and Bodel.
    In this district there are two thatched houses and eight slated houses. There are five old people who are over seventy years of age in this townland. Houses were more numerous in former years than at present. In this district there are three ruins. In olden times people resided in these places. In this townland there is a blacksmiths forge.
    A great number of people emigrated from this townland to America and England in former years. In this district the land is hilly
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cullies, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Annie Magorry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullies, Co. Cavan