School: Little Island (Inse Ratha) (roll number 12026)
- Location:
- Little Island, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Deasúna
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- Eileen Buckley
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- Inchera, Co. Cork
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- John Buckley
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- Address
- Inchera, Co. Cork