School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Baile an Aird, Co. Lú
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 085
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- I live in the townland of Cardistown. There are five families residing in it, including, approximately, twenty people. The whole townland was until recently owned by Mr. T. J. Caraher. He has sold portions of it to Messrs. Patrick Kelly, James Callan and William Carpenter, Michael Carroll, Mr. Caraher's herd, lives in a gate lodge at the entrance to the Cardistown House, the Caraher residence. All the house are slated.
There are two septuagenarians, William Carpenter and T. J. Caraher, and one octogenarian, Mrs. Anne Callan, in the townland. William Carpenter claims to know some Irish. Mr. Caraher, whose family has been resident here for many generation, has some interesting written records of the past.
Houses were more numerous in Cardistown in former times. There are many houses in ruins now.
The Sean-Bhaile, Mr. Caraher's best field, is so called because it was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile an Chairdinigh, Co. Lú
