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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 62

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    The name of the townland I live in is Carnamoyle. The name in Irish is Carn-na-maol the meaning of that is the bare heigh. The number of families in the townland is about 32 and the number of people about 160.
    The family name most common is Lynch.
    The most of the houses are slated.
    There are about six people over 70 years old in the district. There are three or four houses in ruins.
    The people emigrated and afterwards the houses fell in and are now in ruins. The houses were more
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Patrick Redden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal