School: Cluain Tuirc (B.)
- Location:
- Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 264
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- There was an old fort in Rooskey na mona with a big tree growing over it this tree was known as crann mór(continues on next page)
