School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 40
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- (continued from previous page)is Durcan. There is one man getting the Irish Republican Army pension. Four are getting old age pensions while three get the Widow's Pension Nine get the "dole" In all ten houses are getting Goverement money. All old age pensioners can speak Irish.
Ruins - In Kilgarvin there are the ruins of a jail and church
Remarkable Things - In my townland there is a graveyard part of which is seven to eight hundred years old. Not very far away is a place where people used to be hung a hundred years ago. There is also a holy well in Kilgarvin
Rivers - There are two rivers int he townland. One of them is called Keirgean's river. it is the border part of the way between Kilgarvin and Carrowreagh and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Judge
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilgarvan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Judge
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilgarvan, Co. Mayo
