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School: Cluain Féinne (roll number 13710)

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Cloonfane, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Mac Conghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0115, Page 367

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    The wild birds comonly known round here are the crane, crow magpie, jack-daw, hawk, black-bird, thrush, song thrush, rock-thrush, lark, chaffinch, gold finch, bullfinch, sparrow, blue-bunnty, yellow-hammer, robin ríabóg, green linnet, pigeon, wren, swallow, seagull, cuckoo, corn-crake, willie wagtail, black-head, jack-snipe, the stone chat, grouse partridge and the snipe.
    The cuckoo, swallow, wild goose, wild duck, corncrake, wood cock and snipe migrate. The swallow, corncrake and cuckoo come at the end of April.
    The crane builds his nest beside the river. It is made of sticks and his eggs are grey. The crow builds her nest on the tree tops, the thrush build her nest in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Caulfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carracastle, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs J. Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carracastle, Co. Mayo