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School: Scattery Island

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Scattery Island, Co. Clare
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Nóra Ní Cholgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 068

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 068

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    the monster and ultimately banished it to Lough Doulough, near Mountcallen.
    There are only three persons over seventy years living in the island at present. Two of these can speak Irish pretty fluently and can repeat old stories quite distinctly in both English and Irish. Their names are Patrick Scanlan, Honour Scanlon (Patrick's wife), and John Moran.
    Even while emigration to America was possible, not many of the Scattery inhabitants went out there. Most of the families are engaged in piloting ships up the Shannon to Limerick, and that together with their small farms of good arable land, enabled them to keep their children
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Scattery Island, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Austin Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scattery Island, Co. Clare