School: Cnoc Beithe, An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Knockbeha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Maolruanaidh
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- The wild birds commonly found in this vicinity are as follows, the Robin, the Wren, the Thrush, Blackbird, Eagle, Swallow, Willie-wagtail, Goldfinch, Corncrake, Blindbath, Pluver, Sparrow, Starling, Linet, Crow, Jackdaw,Magpie, Yellow-hammer, Seagulls, Lark, Hawk, Wild-duck, Grouse, Landrait, Woodcock, Curlews, Swan, Wild-geese and Pigeon. Some of these birds are immigrants but some of them stay all the year round. The wild geese come in November and they go away again in February. The cuckoo comes to us in April and leaves us in July. The swallows and larks leave us in September and come back again to us in May. The crows, magpies, jackdaws, blackbirds, robins, wrens, curlews and sparrows remain all the year round. Almost every bird builds a nest of their own except the cuckoo. The blackbird builds a very strong nest. He makes it on the top of a tree high up from the ground. The house sparrow makes his nest in the eaves of a house. The crows make their nests in a rookery and while they are making it they never stop cackling. The swallows build their nests in hay sheds and turf sheds. The blindbaths are out at night. They are blind and are to be seen at twilight humming low in the air. The hawks kill other birds such as the robin, wren, and sparrows. He also kills young chickens and young ducks. The robins make their nests on ditches. They make them of downs, moss, and mud.
- Collector
- Nancy Hoey
- Gender
- Female
- There are a good many birds in this district, namely the robin, swallow, blackbird, thrush, starling, crow, sparrow, wren, magpie, hawk, goldfinch, woodcock, bulfinch, willy-wagtail, blindbat, lark, cuckoo(continues on next page)
