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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

Location:
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 066

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  1. My Townland

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    Ballycastle is my home town. It is a small village on the coast of north Mayo. It is only nine miles from the historic town of Killala and eighteen miles from Ballina one of the principal towns in Mayo.
    There is some very nice scenery around the village of Ballycastle, both mountain and cliff scenery. There are about five hundred inhabitants in this town.
    There are about fifty houses in this town
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Joe Corcoran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo