School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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  1. Long ago there lived a landlord in Ayle whose name was Moran. He was very cruel to his tenants and nobody liked him. He lived in a two-story house on a little hill above the village of Ayle. He got all the people about the village to do his work every year and at last the people got angry and decided to do away with him some way or another. They tried every way but failed to kill him. He always collected the rent from the people until he got into bad health and he had to
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Geraty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Jimmy Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Balloor West, Co. Mayo