School: Ballyconnell (B.)

Location:
Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 327

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  1. There are 15 or 16 families in Carramore. There is 51 and 60 people in it. The most of the houses are thatched except 8 or 9. On one side of Carramore there is a glen between it and Snugboro and it is seperated from the other townlands by ditches. The centre of Carramore is good land, but the bottom is marshy and the top boggy.
    Bernard Freehill
    Carramore
    Ballyconnell
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There are ninteen people in Scotstown and four families. The way Scotstown got its name was because there was an old barracks in it with Scotch Guards. There are two old people in the district and two old ruins. One of the ruins was made of
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotchtown or Gortawee, Co. Cavan