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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 070

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    the "Island" in years passed to America, England, and Australia and France. There is no song or saying about the townsland. It is not hilly or bogy but the land is flat and fertile. There are no woods growing in it. There is one river called the Silver river in which salmon and trout is caught. There are no lakes but one stream which we call the cut. There is no story about it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    John Guinan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly