School: Gleann
- Location:
- Glan, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- The townland of Gubbeen, is in the parish of Schull, the County of Cork, and the West Carbery Barony. It is bounded on the north by "Fionn's Ridge, on the east by Ardmanagh and Corthna, and on the south by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Gubbeen River, which separates Gubbeen from Lowertown.
There are about eighty residents living there, which consists of twenty-two families. All the houses of the district are slated, save one thatched one. The family name most common is Driscoll and O'Regan. There are only four old people, over seventy living there. They are:-
William O' Brien, Gubbeen, Schull, Co. Cork,
Kathleen Sweetnam, Gubbeen, Schull, Co. Cork,
Mrs. Coughlan, Gubbeen, Schull, Co. Cork,
William Coughlan, Gubbeen, Schull, Co. Cork
None of them can speak Irish, but they can tell fine English stories.
The houses were more numerous locally in former days. In several parts of the district, streets of houses were to be seen, in which lived tinkers, weavers, and other tradesmen.(continues on next page)
