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School: Kilbeggan (B.)

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Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 318

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  2. My Home District

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    Ballinderry is my home district, situated west of Kilbeggan on the barony of Moycashel. There are sixteen families living in Ballinderry and the total inhabitants are about 75. All the houses with the exception of two are thatched, the others are slated. The houses are three and four roomed except the slated ones which are two-storey houses.
    Ballinderry got its name from the oak trees. Long ago numerous oak trees were grown in Ballinderry. Nowadays there are little or none of the oak to be seen in this district.
    There are very few old
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