School: Killomoran (roll number 15147)
- Location:
- Killomoran, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Delia Mc Kague
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0272
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- My native place is Tarmon in the parish of Kilmacduagh Barony of Kiltartan and County of Galway.
It got its name from being the end of the Church land that belonged to the Abbey in Kilmacduagh Terminus, hence Termon or Tarmon.
In the village is Garry na Croise the cross cannot be located.
Before the Famine there lived on an old road in the townland on a distance of about 1,000 yards twenty one families. None of these houses with the exception of one can be traced. Three of them were there about 40 years ago.
As they had no land none of their families remained there. Those who survived the famine emigrated to America and Australia.(continues on next page)
