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School: Ballyhack Convent

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Baile Hac, Co. Loch Garman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0874, Page 208

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0874, Page 208

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  1. Haggard and Ballymadder (continued)

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    Watters. They were indigenous of this district. Any of the name that is scattered around it is to here they trace their origin. It might be from this family that the place took its name, as "madder" might be a deduction from "wodder" or "watters" and hence Ballymadder the name is evidently of Danish extraction.
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  2. Ramsgrange

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    "Sweet scenes of my childhood,
    What an Eden you seemed
    As you rise on my vision from
    youth's happy dream
    Like Eden it (is) vanished and
    hid from my view
    For sorrows have shrouded where
    my infancy grew.
    How oft' have I wandered among
    (continues on next page)
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    Language
    English
    Location
    An Ghráinseach, Co. Loch Garman