School: Ceapach an tSeagail
- Location:
- Ceapaigh an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Monacháin
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- (continued from previous page)village of Gortnahoon. The land is boggy and hilly. There are a lot of streams in Gortnahoon they are all in the bog.
- This parish is called Cappatagle. There are fifteen families in this parish. There were eighty four families in this parish long ago. Most of the people emigrated to America and other far off places in former times. There are about eighty people living in this parish. Most of the houses are thatched in this village only a few are slated. This parish was called Killaghton long ago. My grandfather Michael Jennings is over seventy. Mrs Egan is over seventy years also.They can tell stories in English. They do not know any Irish. There are old houses now in ruins. Some of the land is marshy and other parts are rich. There are two woods in it called Ballydonellan and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ceapaigh an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ceapaigh an tSeagail, Co. na Gaillimhe
