School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 633
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- (continued from previous page)and one new tile roofed house has been added to it lately. The Mount Gaffney road accomodates them while passes off this road suit a few houses.
There is one old woman living in this town-land. Her name is Mrs Pye aged about seventy eight years. She does not understand any Irish, but she has some English stories.
- Ceathramadh Caol – The narrow quarter of land. This town-land is long and narrow and stretches from Culsheramore down to Clohogue. It forms the eastern slope of the Bricklieves and the land is generally bad and rocks come of the surface in many places.
Low stunted clumbs of bushes are to be seen here and through out the townland. The valley is the [is] only arable part, and here the houses are to be found all thatched except one.(continues on next page)
