School: Ballyfeeny (roll number 9468)
- Location:
- Kilglass, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhurthuile
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- (continued from previous page)instance, the J.O.C. passes through it four times a day. It has an abundance of water and turf.
Most of its inhabitants are living on the land.
There is a well in it called after St Patrick and formerly pilgrims use to visit it and there are stones there still. The people of the village never use the water for washing things they believe it is wrong. There is also a tree over the wall beside the well in the form of a serpent.
There are ruins of an old barrack there still. A new ball-alley has been erected lately and it is there the young mean pass-time on Sundays.
The bog around it is noted for rabbits and birds, especially the grouse. In the hunting seas on many people frequent it.
It is one of the most picturesque sceneries in Ireland.
- Collector
- Josepha Mac Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Culliagh Upper, Co. Roscommon
