School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- (continued from previous page)townland is not mentioned in any song or saying as far as I know. The land is not hilly or boggy. About one sixth of it is bad. There is no wood in the townland.
- The name of my townland is Brockra. It is situated in the Parish of Ballyfin and in the barony of Maryborough West. Brockra is so called because it was a badger warren long ago. This however is not a local explanation.
There are twenty houses in the townland and approximately one hundred people. Fitzpatrick is the family name most common. It occurs three times whilst Dunne occurs twice and no other name occurs more than once. Eleven houses are thatched, seven slated and two with iron on them.
There are two old people in the townland namely, Patrick Cooke and John Cole. I have never heard either of them tell stories.
There were seven more houses in old times., Such as Phelans, which are(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brockra, Co. Laois
