School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)

Location:
Breacaire Beag, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 192

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 192

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    to tell in either Irish or English about Corthoon or the locality. The ruins of seven other homesteads can still be traced in this small townland or Corthoon. The owners of these houses had all to emigrate in 1847 owing to the evil effects of the famine.
    The lower portion of the land is fairly good but the rest is dry moorland with some rushes.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Gorrin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Cartún Giobach, Co. Liatroma