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School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)

Location:
Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 472

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    “My townland is Carrigbyrne. It is in the Co Wexford, Barony of Bantry and in the Parish of Adamstown.”

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    My townland is Carrigbyrne.
    It is in the Co. Wexford, Barony of Bantry and in the Parish of Adamstown. There are about one hundred people living in Carrigbyrne and there are about twenty houses in it. There are more houses in it than in former years.
    Most of the houses are slated . There are two thatched houses, and there is one roofed with tiles.
    The commonest name in Carrigbyrne is Curtis.
    The oldest person in Carrigbyrne is Mr. James L. Doyle, Carrigbyrne, Newbawn Co. Wexford, Barony of Bantry. He is about eighty seven years of age.
    There are two rocks in Carrigbyrne.
    The height of one of them is seven hundred feet. There are a lot of trees and laurels growing in one of them. The other is nearly bare, there is only an odd tree growing on it. There
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
    Collector
    Josie Kehoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford