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School: Dumha-chaisil

Location:
Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 430

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    Birds are very plentiful in this distrct. Our most common birds are:- the thrush, blackbird, robin, gold-finch, wren, grey linnet, green linnet, bull-finch, grey-finch, tom-tit, blue buntie, wagtail, hedge sparrow, pigeon, rook, jackdaw, house sparrow, crow, seagull, pheasant, wild-duck, crane, swan, curlew, lapwing, snipe, grouse, partridge, lark, owl and magpie.
    The Thrush.
    The thrush usually builds her nest on a hedge but sometimes she builds it in a palm tree or fir.
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frank O' Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doobeg, Co. Sligo