School: Kilsaran (roll number 14207)
- Location:
- Kilsaran, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Corragáin
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- Townland Williamstown
Parish Kilsaran
Barony Ardee
No. of People 71
No. of families Farmers - 8
Others - 9
Types of Houses;- Farm houses mostly thatched
2 Labourers cottages slated
Not known among the people how it got it's name.
People over 70 - 4
Knowledge of Irish - None
Stories in Irish or English - None
Emigrants:- as far as known no families emigrated within memory of the old people. One family is extinct namley Gogartys/
No song associated with place.
Nature of land - Land good - sloping, - lively easily tilled - beet growing successful. A large portion is under bog, most cut away. No turf has been cut within the memory of the oldest inhabitants.
No lumber except what grows on Walshe's (formerly Chesters) desmense.
