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School: Eaglais

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Eglish, Co. Offaly
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Séamus Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0822, Page 066

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0822, Page 066

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  2. Boolinarig

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    Boolinarrig
    Booly: It was formerly customary with those who kept cattle, to spend a great part of the Summer wandering about with their herds among the mountain pastures, moving from place to place as the grass became exhausted. During the Winter they lived in their villages, and as soon as they had tilled a spot of land in Spring they moved with their herds to the mountains till Autumn when they returned to gather in the crops.
    The mountain habitations when they lived, fed their cattle,
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