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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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    The old houses were thatched long ago and there was hardly any one slated
    The thatch was got from wheaten or oaten straw and sometimes when they had no straw they used to get rushes and they used to get the slates from England by stealth but no
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Maloney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghroak, Co. Galway