School: Ballivor (roll number 9380)
- Location:
- Ballivor, Co. Meath
- Teacher: T. Ua Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 266
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- (continued from previous page)house that was built on a Fairy's Pass. The people that would live in that house, would have bad luck all their lives.
- Ballivor is a little village, is situated in South Meath.
The population is about one hundred and fifty.
It contains a Catholic, and a Protestant Church, opposite each other in the centre of the village three public houses, some grocer shops, and draperrys, two black-smiths shops, and about two dozen private houses.
In ancient times, Ballivor was the parrish of Killaconnigan. The Catholic Church being situated in the centre of the Church-yard, now the old cemetery.
The new-cemetery is situated in Kill-Ballivor(continues on next page)
