School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)

Location:
Géag, Co. an Longfoirt
Teacher:
Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 135

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 135

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    is rocky and fairly good. Kilmahon is high up on the slope of a hill. There is an old road through it and across the hill. Oldest people are John Lennon aged seventy. John Devanny
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    Lettergeeragh is a townland in the school district of Gaigue Parish of Drumlish Barony of Longford.

    Lettergeeragh is a townland in the school district of Gaigue Parish of Drumlish Barony of Longford. It is a small townland and there are eleven families living in it. The most common name is Sheeran. There are three families of that name, two families of Lynch, two McGuire families. The old people are Mick Lynch, over eighty years and Odie Lynch. Land is elevated, boggy. Two old vacant houses, people died out of them. Lettergeeragh means the wet field of the sheep. Three townlands in the Gaigue district Lettergullion, Lettergeeagh and Lettergonnell
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cill Mheatháin, Co. an Longfoirt