School: Curnanool N.S. (roll number 14497)

Location:
Cornanool, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    would leave a dance every night of the week in the district, but now there is not a dance in any house in the district, except that there would be a stranger visiting in some house and that there might be a dance in that house that night that is all the dances that are in the district at the present day. It is said that St. Patrick passed near this district on his way to Croagh Patrick.
    There are three ruins of old houses in the district which were inhabited years ago. One is built to the North of the district another is built to the North-East of the district and a third is built to the South of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Location
    Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    16
    Address
    Derrycoosh, Co. Mayo