School: Achadh na Garron (Aughnagarron) (roll number 5603)

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Aghnagarron, Co. Longford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 270

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  1. The name of the townland I live in is Aughnagarron, and it is in the Parish of Abbeylara, and in the Barony of Granard. There are about twenty-six families and about ninty-six people in this townland. Reilly is the most common family name in this district. The most of the houses are one storey thatched houses and the rest of them are one and two storey slated houses. There is about six old people in this district and their names and addresses is are as follows,
    Tomas Reilly, Aughnagarron, Granard, Co. Longford.
    John Sheridan, Aughnagarron, Granard, Co. Longford.
    Ned Heaney, Aughnagarron, Granard, Co. Longford.
    Patrick Reilly, Aughnagarron, Granard, Co. Longford.
    Mrs Phil Reilly and Annie Dale both of Aughnagarron, Granard, Co. Longford.
    They tell stories in English old stories about their childhood.
    There were about three times the number of houses in this district in former
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghnagarron, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Peter Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Aghnagarron, Co. Longford