School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Béal Átha an Orlaí, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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- The wild birds found in our district are the pheasant, woodcock, grouse, snipe, lapwing, golden plover, wild duck, moorhen and curlew but grouse are very scarce for the past three years. I live in a mountainous district and the shooting is strictly preserved by a Mr Berridge, who rented Hazelwood House until a year ago. My father is the keeper + Mr Berridge had some friends out shooting last week. They got good bags of woodcock, snipe and pheasants. The pheasant makes its nest on the ground, in rushes or sometimes close to a tree. It is lined into(continues on next page)
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- Olive Lindsay
- Gender
- Female
