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School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)

Location:
Glentogher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 383

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    through it. The land is very boggy. Some of the people long ago emigrated owing to bad times. The townland is not mentioned in any song. There are no lakes in it. There is a glen in it with nut bushes growing in it.
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    My home district is Glentogher. My townland is Whinpark, my parish Cardonagh and my barony Inishowen.
    There are eight families in my townland and twenty people not including children. The most common name is Diver. Some of the houses are thatched and some slated.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Carrowblagh, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Cecilia Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Address
    Whin Park, Co. Donegal