School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)
- Location:
- Stackallan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: P.T. Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)a field near where I live. About three or four philibins build their nests at the chapel of Rushwee. They do not build any place else around only there. There are two kinds of Willie-wag-tails one is yellow and the other is black and white. They build their nests in thatch and in the walls of old houses.
There is a big number of songbirds in this district. Gold-finches and green linnets are not as plentiful as they used to be. A lot of Tom-tits build around here. There are big ones with black heads and little ones with blue heads. - Here are birds that are not already mentioned that I know of. Some of them are not very common. The jackdaw is a fairly common bird of this district. The Jackdaw builds his nest in the holes in a tree or in a chimney. The nest is made of sprigs, roots, scutch and strong grass. Scald-(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noel Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stackallan, Co. Meath