School: Baile an Oileáin (B.) (roll number 2808)

Location:
Ballinillane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 592

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  2. Potatoes are grown on my farm (townland of Droumduhig, parish of Ballyhar, Kerry). About one acre is sown as a rule every year. The amount does not as a rule, vary every year.
    My father prepared the ground. This is not manured in any way before being turned up. The potatoes are sown in ridges as well as in drills. The ridges are about three feet
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