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1. Fartagh

   

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   I live in the townland of Fartagh. It is said that it got its name from a Chieftain who lived there long ago. It is situated on the border of Meath.

   There are about seventeen families living in the townland. The most common names are Farrely and Bennett. There are not as many houses in it as there were in olden times. Most of the present-day homes are labourers' cottages.

   The land is very good in places and the chief crops raised are potatoes, wheat and oats. No woods nor lakes are to be seen in Fartagh but there is one small bog. There are not many old people living in the townland now. Some of them can speak Irish and are very good at telling stories.

   

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2. Lislea

   

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   I live on the Southern border of Lislea which townland is about a mile north of Lough Ramor. It is bounded on the South by a river, which enters Lough Ramor some distance east of Virginia, and on the north by an extensive bog. There are about ten farms of an average area of thirty acres in it and the land is fairly fertile, the mould(?) beeing(?)

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Lislea, Co. Cavan

   Collector

   Maureen O Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lislea, Co. Cavan