School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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- (continued from previous page)6) My home district is Geevagh. I live in the townland of Carrowmore, in the parish of Geevagh, and in the barroney of Tir Eirill. There are seven families in it. There are eight people in our house, one in my Uncle James', three in Pat Moran's, two in Pat Padden's, three in Mrs Costeloe's, two in Sweeney's, 4 in Mrs Donlon's. The meaning of Carrowmore is the big quarter. There are many streams in it. There is no lakes or big rivers in it. Some part of the land is good, and the other part is boggy.
7) I live in the townland of Ummeraroe, in the parish of Geevagh, and in the barrony of Tíréirill. Ummeraroe got its name from the Irish word Iomaire Ruadh which means a red ridge. Some of the clay is red. There are seventeen houses in Ummeraroe. Breheny is the name most common in the townland. Most of the houses were thatched in Ummeraroe, but they are slated now. There are a couple of ruins in the townland, such as James Clerkins old house, Michael Noone's, and Michael Keaney's. There is good land in Ummeraroe. There is a river flowing through it called the Feorous.
8) My home district is Killmactraney. Tapp is our townland. Tapp is a small townland; there(continues on next page)
