School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)
- Location:
- Windfield, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Lócháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0041
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- Collector
- Kathleen Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Informant
- Miss Treacy
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Toomard, Co. Galway
- The name of my townland is Rushestown and it is in the parish and Barony of Killyan. It consists of sixteen families and about sixty people. Creahan is the most common name in the townland. All the houses are thatched except four which are slated. The townland got its name from the amount(continues on next page)
