School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 354
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“Corranmore is mentioned in a song about Easter Week compose to the memory of Seán McDermott...”
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“There are twenty families in my home district.”
There are twenty families in my home district. Keany is the most common name. There are three people over seventy. They do not know any Irish. Their names are: Pat O'Hara, Rose Cullen and Frank Boylan. There are eight ruined houses in the district. Part of the land is boggy and part of it is hilly. - There are seven or eight families in my district all of whom have different names. There are about twenty people in my district. Every house is a one-storeyed thatched house. There are two persons over seventy years of age. Kate McGourty and Mrs. McMorrrow. There is a small wood in my district called Jamesy Dolan's wood because it is on Jamesy Dolan's land. The land is boggy and hilly,(continues on next page)