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School: Tairbeart (C.)

Location:
Tarbert, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 053

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    Of all our Irish birds the most common ones are crows, wagtails, jackdaws, linnets, thrushes, blackbirds, swallows, robin redbreasts, cuckoos, wrens, chaffinches, goldfinches and corncrakes. There are several others too numerous to mention. In September the swallows, cuckoos, and corncrakes all go to foreign countries.
    The crow builds her nest in the tops of trees, in the prickly shelter of a gorse bush or in a tuft of tangled grass we may find the nest of the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernadette O Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Gerald O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry