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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 067

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    and McDonnell is the commonest name. Long ago they were about three hundred houses in the town but they were small thatched one storey houses. The houses that are in Ballycastle now are big slated ones.
    There are not many old people in the town but they are a few who speak the vernacular. Johnny McDonnel is one of the few and he is very good at telling old stories in English or Irish. There is fairly good land in the parish of Ballycastle.
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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