School: An Cruachán (roll number 5243)
- Location:
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Chearra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 378
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- My home district is in the townland of Croughan. It is in the parish of Tully Aughnish and in the barony of Kilmacrennan.
There are nine families in the townland and the number of people in the townland is forty eight. The family name most common is McDaid.
The houses in my district are thatched or slated. Some farmers live in slated houses and the labourers live in thatched.
The townland is so caled because of a hell in the district.
There are no old people in Croughan over seventy years.
They cannot tell any stories in Irish. The houses were more numerous in former times. There are five houses in ruins in Croughan.
Some of the people are dead and others have changed to new houses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Wasson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
