School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gort an Bheithe, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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- (continued from previous page)to make their living on making Poteen but when the Revenue began they stopped them. It is also supposed the Kiely's came from Wicklow with the bag on their backs about 4 hundred years ago. There is another townsland joining Slievanoir named Corhan and there are about 25 or 26 houses in it.
All the Irish speakers are dead. Martin Noonan knew both Irish and English but Paddy Kiely almost knew no English only very little because when the priest came to anoint him, he asked him who created him and he didn't know. His wife told the priest to ask him in Irish and Paddy answered him correctly.
John Broderick, Slieveanoir
Flagmount, Feakle, age 42 years
Co. Clare
- Collector
- Brigid Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Sliabh an Óir, Co. an Chláir
