School: Beacán (C.)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 277

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    and they went to America, the ruins of one of them are still to be seen.
    Biddy Meehan was living in the village also in an old house and the ruins of it can yet be seen.
    The only man that is over seventy is William Flately. He knows Irish and he can tell Irish stories. Some of hte land is very good but the rest is wet and boggie.
    There is a big river in my townland. It rises in our land and it flows into
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cullentragh, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Angela Mulkeen
    Gender
    Female