School: Belturbet (B)

Location:
Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 356

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 356

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  3. XML “Local Saints”
  4. XML “Local Landlords”
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  6. XML “Old Games”
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  1. There is no local tradition of saints in this district. The Catholic church is called St. Marys and it is called after the Blessed Virgin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. There was a landlord at Quirry and his name was Bulter. He was not a bad man and he carried out no evictions. He had the land on which the town was built and after that the land commission bought the land.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. The oldest graveyard in this district is Clonosey and the next is Drumalee.
    There is no graveyard in the town because no catholics were aloud to stop in the town.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  4. The games that were long ago were Jackstones, Skittles, Cat and dog, Football, Comans.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trade
          1. buying and selling (~3,622)
      2. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    4. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English