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1. My Native District (continued)

   

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   name in the district. (is) There are four families of Keanes in it.

   There are old people living in the village There names are Mrs quinn, Mrs Kelly, Mr Kelly, Mrs Conway, Mrs Roche, Mrs Conway Mrs Boyle, Mr Boyle, Mrs Roche and Mrs Mulkeen None of them has much Irish. They all can tell stories in English. There is not many ruins of houses in this district. The most of the land in the village is good. There are no lakes in it.

   

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2. My Native District

   

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   Kilnock is the name of [?] the district It is in the parish of Bekan. The old people in the village are Mrs Mary Coughlin Mrs Kate Murphy, Mrs Nora Conway, Mrs Lizzie Byrnes, Mrs Mary Ann Ward, Mrs Sally Huane, Mrs Margaret Brenenn, Mrs Sara Murray and Thomas Kely.

   There are twenty-four houses in my district. Four of them are slated and the remaining ones thatched. Some of the land in the district is wet and boggy.

   

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Kilknock, Co. Mayo

   Collector

   Michael Roche

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilknock, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   John Finn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kilknock, Co. Mayo