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School: Muine Mór

Location:
Míne Mhór, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Liam Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0196, Page 167

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    The name of my district is Gortnalibret. Some say it means the hungry lip. The parish is bloon blare which means blares meadow and the barony is Liosclogher which means the stoney fort.
    This townland is fairly thickly populated. There are about twenty four houses in it twenty one of which are inhabited and three waste. There are about eighty people living in it and there are a good number of people over seventy. They are John Loughlin, John MacHugh, Mrs Mac Dermott and I often go to visit them in my spare time to hear them telling stories.
    There are no lakes in this district but there are a few rivers namely the Abann Mor and
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Gort na Liobairte, Co. Liatroma
    Collector
    Michael Mac Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gort na Liobairte, Co. Liatroma