School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. About a hundred years ago their lived an old man whose name was John Walsh, the people called him Jack of the waistcoats because he had a lot of waistcoats on him and he used to sell them to the people of the village. One day he was selling waistcoats to the people who live in the village of Gortbawn. He went into a house
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Madden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Jennings
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhean, Co. Mayo