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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

Location:
Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 148

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    Situated in the townland of Ardakip More is my home. This house where I live was built about four centuries ago, and it is built twenty yards from the road leading to Dromahair. Opposite my house there is a lovely grove and in the centre of it is a big river flowing into the river "Bonet".
    In the townland of Ardakip there are about twenty dwelling houses and there are eight of these slated and the remainder are thatched dwellings. Most of the old people in this district have passed away and the younger generation are not as good at story telling as their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    3. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ardakip More, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip More, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Keegan
    Gender
    Male