School: Baile Fionáin, Fearann Fuar (roll number 7990/1)

Location:
Ballyfinnane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghlú
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  1. My father generally plants potatoes on the farm at home every year and he also prepares the land for them. At first the land is ploughed and then the drills are opened and they are manured with farmyard manure. Sometimes they are planted in ridges or in drills. The seed potatoes are cut then, and they are spread on the drills or ridges. They the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora O' Connor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garraun, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Batt O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garraun, Co. Kerry