School: Clara (2)
- Location:
- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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- My Home District is Clonshanny and Rahan. There are sixteen families in Clonshanny. There aer sixty seven people living in Clonshanny. Minnock is the most common name in Clonshanny.
There are more thatched houses in Clonshanny than slated. Clonshanny got its name because there was foxes living in it.There are five people over seventy living in clonshanny. Non of them can talk Irish, but they can tell stories in English. The names of the five people aer Mike Minnock, Peter Egan, Jack Connor, Mrs Connor, and Jimmy Fletcher live in Clonshanny, Clara Offaly is thieir address. A great many of them emigrated to America. Clonshanny is not mentioned in any song or saying.
The land is mixed of every kind. There is no wood growing in Clonshanny. There is one river, the Brosna and no lakes.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Francis Griffith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonshanny, Co. Offaly