School: Cill Ruis Íochtair (roll number 4106)
- Location:
- Kilrusheighter, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Toirdhealbhach Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 182
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- The following birds are to be seen in this part of the country:- the robin, blackbird, thrush, crow, seagull, swallow, sparrow, wren, green linnet, goldfinch, yellowhammer, magpie, lark, curlew, snipe, blind bat, martin, stare, plover, hawk, and owl. The hedgesparrow, siskin, stone-chatter, jackdaw, sand-lark, bog-lark, tit-lark, pigeon, dove, house sparrow, jack-snipe, bulb-finch, blue bunty, rock-thrush, woodcock, corncrake, cuckoo, fieldfare, grouse, water hen, wild duck, crane, raven, jackdaw, wagtail, and misselthrush are to be found also.Birds build their nests in the following places:- the blackbird in briars and whitethorn; songthrush in the same place; the fieldfare on a stone fence, wren in an old house; the wild-duck builds in a hedge or bush; the siskin in a whin bush; the skylark on the ground of a meadow field: The rook builds her nest in a very high tree.
- Collector
- Mabel Howley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilrusheighter, Co. Sligo
