School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

Location:
Baile an Bhile, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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  1. The name of the illage I live in is Bracklagh. The name of the Parish is Beckan. The name of the barony is the Barony of Costello. There are 11 houses in my village. There were only eleven long ago. They are all slated houses. The village was called that because there was a lake in it long ago. It means trout lake. The are only three people over seventy years in the village The names of them are: - Peter Mulkeen, John Carney Michael Duffy, all of Bracklagh, Brickens, Claremorre The people over seventy years have no Irish. There is good land and bad land in the village. There are no lakes in it. There is none of it wooded. There is a piece of the River Robe in it.
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    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Coillte Críocháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Collector
    John Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coillte Críocháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coillte Críocháin, Co. Mhaigh Eo