School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)
- Location:
- An Choill Mhór, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)And no interest in it he will take,
When he thinks of his green fields of grazing,
That are now in the depths of the lake.
11.
Engineers were studying it daily,
Of planning they got every chance,
The Germans got steady employment,
Along with some experts from France.
12.
The people will come from all over,
When Lake Allen shall raise to its height,
And tourists shall come in their numbers,
To see this most beautiful sight.Composed by Patrick Meehan, Corcormac, Drumkeerin. - Long ago the people used to wear wooden shoes called "clogs". The soles were made from Alder or Elm tree. The goat's skin was fastened to wooden soles, holed and laced. The people made them clogs themselves. Shoemakers in the locality were Patrick and Shean Travers Derrinvona, Frank Blake Drumkeerin a native speaker
- Collector
- Brigid Corristine
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill an Dísirt, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Brigid Corristine
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill an Dísirt, Co. Liatroma