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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 527

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    Larganboy in the parish of Bekan and barony of Costell is my home district. There are forty-nine families and one hundred and ninety people in the district. Houses were much more numerous here formerly than they are now. Several families died out altogether in famine times; others emigrated to America or to England. In later years many families migrated from Larganboy to Island and some to Holywell and Balla when farms were striped in those places. Later still families have sold their land and gone to America or
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Mary Ganley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Edward Ganley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo