School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. prayers (~3,266)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Maggie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyroe, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Ballyroe, Co. Galway
  2. The Name of my village is Ballyroe and it is in the parish of Kilconly. There are twenty one houses in my village now but long ago there were twenty three houses in it. All the houses were thatched except two long ago, and are all thatched now too except four. The most common place names a leguane. It was
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