School: Árd-achadh (roll number 17098)
- Location:
- Ardagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Ó Coinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 184
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- (continued from previous page)five years ago all the houses were built like that but now the people are building them with a scullery to the back and about four rooms to the front.How this townland got its name I could not find out. There are two old people living in my townland about seventy years of age. I do not know whether they can speak Irish or not but they can tell stories in English. Their names are, Mr. Patrick Gillespie, Cloontakillew, Knockanillaun, Ballina, and Mr. Michael Egan of the same placeHouses are more numerous locally in former times. There are four houses in ruins in my townland. They belonged to Mr. John Hynes Mr. Con Healy Mr. Patrick Brown, and Mr. Thomas Munnelly Three of those families were evicted and the other man was changed to a new house Mr. John Hynes went to England I do not know of any song or saying in which my townland is mentioned.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríghid Ní Dhochartaigh
- Other names
- Bríghid Ní Dhochartaigh
- Brigid Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloontykillew, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Doherty
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Cloontykillew, Co. Mayo
