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School: Shannow

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Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 250

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    number of rabbits that are in it
    There is another hill outside the village called Scutchers Row. It got its name because there was a Scutch mill there one time and a row of houses.
    Killabandrick District
    There is a hill adjoining Frank Smyth's land and it is called Wood's hill. About one hundred years ago there was a man living in Killabandrick and he had twelve acres of land.
    On one bon-fire night the Catholics had a bon-fire in Killafanna.
    Killabandrick lake separates the two town-lands. On this particular bon-fire night, old Woods came out with his gun on his own hill and fired four
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Drummullagh, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    James Toher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killybandrick, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Farrell Toher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Killybandrick, Co. Cavan