School: Ballysadare (C.) (roll number 9922)
- Location:
- Baile Easa Dara, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0176, Page 117
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- My Home District
Streamstown
Where I live formerly belonged to the Abby and monastery of Ballisodare . It is a small stretch of land bordering on the Atlantic Ocean , about a mile and a quarter in length and about half a mile in breadth. This townland Streamstown commences with a small lake named Dooney Neil at the foot of the hill where Carhounnagh church stands .It runs west to a narrow point at th stand named Rena Tholen . Now the most important object in the town land is the ruin of an old church named Kildalough which stands on a rising ground to the south side of the road . It was was supposed to be one of the first churches in Ireland prayed for in Rome . The well which belonged to the church is in a hollow about fifty(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr John Logan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na Mainistreach, Co. Shligigh
