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School: Cill Mheadoin (C.)

Location:
Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Ghliosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 380

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  1. My Townland

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    The name of my Townland is Kilmaine. The meaning of that word is middle Church. St Patrick build a church there and that is wht it is called Kilmaine. There are thing two houses there altogether. The most of them are slated, and nine of them are thatched. There are only four old aged pensioners and they have not much Irish stories.
    A lot of them emigrated to America and England. The reason why they emigrated was they could not find work around the place. There is a Protestant Church and a Catholic church in it.
    There are a lot of old ruins around the place, there are
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mary Conneally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Conneally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmaine, Co. Mayo