School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    first being Mr. Holden's, the second Mrs. Keane's, and the third my own.
    Mrs. Keane is the only person in the district who has reached the age of seventy, as the present she is about eighty-five. In years gone by, there were six other houses in the district. There were two of them in a field of our farm on the side of the road. In one of them lived a family named Kenealys and in the other lived Ellen Megher.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    John Comerford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Philip Comerford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny