School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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- I live in the townland of Aughrim in the Parish of Ballinaglera in the Barony of Dromahair. There are fifteen families in this townland. There are sixty people in it also. Rynns are the most common name in this townland. The houses are all mostly thatched. There is one slated house in Aughrim. Aughrim is a common name in Irish place names. It means a horse's back. There are five old people in this townland, namely Mrs. Maria Mc Partlan, Mrs. Annie Doyle, Mrs. Maria Mc Gourty, Mrs. Susan Rynn and Mr. Charles Forde of Aughrim, Dowra, Co. Leitrim. There are many old houses in this townland. Some of the people went away and some died. The most of them are in ruins. There was an old(continues on next page)