School: Abbeylara
- Location:
- Abbeylara, Co. Longford
- Teacher: John O' Meara
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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(continues on next page)
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- John Reilly
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Derragh, Co. Longford