School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. The village I live in is called Kelladeer. The word Kelladeer means The wood of the deers. As people say there were wild deers in it long ago. It is in the parish of Carnacon & the barony of Carra. There are sixteen houses in our village. Long ago there were twenty-five. But there owners were poor & not able to pay their rates & the landlords came & turned them out on the road & there houses fell but. the ruins of them are still to
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo