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School: Cill Bheacáin (B.) (roll number 13659)

Location:
Bekan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P.S. Mac Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 416

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    There is at the least one gone out of each house and up to five or six in some.
    The land in Lissaniskea is good. There is a bog at each end of it so turf is very easy to get. It is a very hilly place and there is a road running through the middle of it and a rough stone wall. Some of the stones that are in the wall are very big.
    There is no wood or any nice scenery in it but a few nice thorn hedges to be seen here and there. There is fir on almost every ditch and in summer time it looks nice.
    The rivers are not big but one of them is the source of the Robe and then there are many little tributaries running into it. There are two little lakes in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lissaniska, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Patrick Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissaniska, Co. Mayo