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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

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Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
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    My home district is known as Kells.
    It is in the Parish of Dunamaggin. There are about 36 families of people in Kells. That is roughly about 200 people.
    There were a good few common names in this district long ago, and are still there, such as, Tobins, Carrolls, Prendergasts, Walshs, Powers, Durneys, Mullins, Madigans, Delahauntys. There are Tobins in Kells for over 300 years. Durneys lived where
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Máire Ní Annracán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mary Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny