School: Ballyboghill

Location:
Baile Bachaille, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
Teacher:
P.J. Connolly
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    and twenty nine people. The houses are slated and some of them are whitewashed and more of them are dashed.
    There are no old people living in it. There are more houses now in Bettyville than long ago and there are no ruins. The land is good and not very wet. Good crops of wheat and oats grow in it.
    Two small rivers flow through Bettyville. There is a stream in it also called Margarets stream because long ago an old woman called Margaret lived in a little house beside the stream.
    There is a field beside Bettyville house called the lawn because long ago when rich people lived in it they used this field as a lawn. Now cattle graze on it
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Murdraí, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
    Collector
    Janie Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murdraí, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath