School: Mong, Thomastown (roll number 5201)
- Location:
- Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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- (continued from previous page)1790 and it was rebuilt in 1890.
There are not many houses in it. All houses are near each other. In ancient times is was much like a village. There are five farmer houses in it two labourer's cottages and a dressmaker's house.
About thirty people live here at present & About eight died with in the past ten year's
There are but four children here which live in one of the labourer's cottage's
Byrne is the most common name in the townland. There are four families of Byrne's in it There are four other families named Walsh, Spruhan, Brine and Treacy. Three of the houses are slated. Two of them are half slated and half zinc. The dressmakers house is half slated and half tiled roofed.
There are six Byrnes over seventy and another man named J Walsh(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Whitty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Pat Byrne
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Mungmacody, Co. Kilkenny
