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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 139

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    Home District
    My home district is Friarstown. This district got its name from the friars that lived in a monastery situated on a farm of about two hundred acres of land. This monastery is situated about a quarter of a mile from Dromahair.
    The friars added the word town because there were a great many houses around it. This monastery was burned and destroyed, and the friars left it. This ruin was than converted into a burial ground. This farm was then taken over by the land Commission and divided into farms and now there are a great many tenants living on it. There is one old
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Kathleen Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim