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School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 434

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    This townland was covered with wood long ago so it is called […] the town of the wood.
    There are seven persons over seventy in Ballinakillew.
    They do not know Irish.
    They cannot tell any stories in Irish.
    The family name most common is Harron.
    The names of these people over seventy are:
    Miss Euphemia Harron
    Miss Sally Calvin
    Miss Cassie Calvin
    Miss Mary Ann Harron
    Miss Ann Deery
    Mr. Patrick Gorman
    Mr. Robert Harron
    The people emigrated from here to America in olden times
    The land is hilly and foggy in some places but a good part of it is fertile.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Maggie Mc Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal