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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

Location:
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 362

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    The townland in which I live is called Dromore. It is situated in the parish of Uachtar Achaidh and in the Barony of Carrigalen.
    There are eight families in Dromore. There are thirty people in it.
    There are only two or three thatched houses in it now. Yet within my own memory all the houses in Dromore were thatched.
    The townland got its name from the big hill in the centre of the townland.
    There are no people over
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dromore, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Peter Galligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Patrick Galligan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromore, Co. Leitrim