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School: Cill Bheagnait (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 031

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    name of my townland Parish of Kilbegnet in the barony of Ballymoe. There are nine familes in my townland. The most common name in Fairfield in Bligh. All two storey houses there being no thatched one in it. The way Fairfield got its name was by the farm. There are three people over 70. They know a little Irish. They do not tell stories. John Quinn and Mrs Quinn Mrs Bligh Fairfield, Creggs, Co Galway. Houses were numerous long ago and people were ran out of their homes long ago and they went to America.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Fairfield, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Máire Nic Gabann
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Fairfield, Co. Galway