School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    here. Six of them are thatched and four are slated. The land around here is very good noted for fattening stock. It has a free-stone nature.
    Every one has thirteen or fourteen acres of land in this village. Every holding of land is separated from the next by a sod fence with bushes growing on the top of it.
    There is a bog at the south side of Prizon where all the people get the turf. Brown turf is found in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo