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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 089

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    the account which is supposed to be true. The ancestors of the Leslie family came from a place in Scotland called Tarbert, they then called their house Tarbert House, and thence the parish was called Tarbert. A good many people are over seventy. A good many can use ordinary Irish expressions but they cannot speak Irish in general. The majority of them use the Irish salutations.
    There were twice as many houses here long ago than there are now, as about twenty are in ruins now. In 1847 and 1848 people emigrated but after a time when
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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
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Alice Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Richard Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Tarbert, Co. Kerry