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School: Abbeylara

Location:
Abbeylara, Co. Longford
Teacher:
John O' Meara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0610

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    The name of the townland in which I live is Derragh. It is in the parish of Abbeylara. It is in the barony of Granard. There are fifteen families living in it. There are sixty-eight people in the townland.
    The family name most common is "Galligan". All the houses in it are thatched except two or three. The townland got its name from a great forest of oak trees that was in it long ago.
    There are four people over seventy living in the townland. Their names are - Mrs Masterson, Michael Galligan, Patrick Brady, Peter Reilly. They can all tell stories in English. None of them can tell stories in Irish.
    There were a lot of houses in the townland in olden times. There are thirteen or fourteen
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Derragh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    John Reilly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Derragh, Co. Longford