School: Johnstown (C.) (roll number 2919)

Location:
Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 103

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    one Irish speaker in it.
    One of these old people named Mrs Dullard has got a bonnet and old clothes which she used wear when she was sixteen. She has also got a sugán chair
    There is also a man named Richard Gannon who went to America and returned and is now one of the best farmers in Ballyspellan
    I also had an uncle who lived fifty years in America who was Captain of the New York City Police
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  2. Warrenstown was a very important district. Long ago it was a large town, the ruins of it remain to day. The town began with Violet-Hill house at caraway hill, went round in a ring, and finished with Warrenstown hospital, which is now inhabited by Sandfords The main road did not then go from Dublin to Cork. It came from Freshford to Borrismore.
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Warrenstown, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Maw Holohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Warrenstown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    William Holahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Warrenstown, Co. Kilkenny