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1. Home Districts - Mainscourt (Ballyboghill) (continued)

   

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   in Mainscourt aged about seventy years. There is another fairly big whitewashed house and one part of it was a barrack about fifty years ago.

   The land in Mainscourt is fertile and good for grazing. Most of it is owned by Mr Counihan and he rears many cattle and sheep there.
   Told by, Madge Keely, Mainscourt, Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin.
   Mrs. Keely, Mainscourt,Ballyboghill, Co. Dublin. Aged 46yrs

   

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2. Home Districts - Bettyville (Ballyboghill)

   

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   The name of my home district is Bettyville which means a town. It was called Bettyville after a girls name Betty. Long ago a rich man lived in it and his daughters name was Betty. That is how it got its name. Bettyville is in the parish of Lusk. There are six families

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Bettyville, Co. Dublin

   Collector

   Janie Delaney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bettyville, Co. Dublin