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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 284

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    The most common birds are the wren, robin, swallow, blackbird, seagull, thrush and goldfinch, the cuckoo and corncrake come to us in Summer but they migrate again when winter is coming near. The swallows migrate also.
    The wren builds her nest in a ditch. The robin builds her nest in a ditch also. The swallow builds it in the roof of a stable. The blackbird and thrush build it in a bush. The seagull builds it on an island or beside a lake.
    The blackbird makes her nest of clay and sticks and a little
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