School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   Rí. It is said that were a giant liv(ing)ed in a palace there long ago, and the palace sank down.

   

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2. Old Houses

   

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   Long ago the houses were quite different from what they are now. There are a great lot of old houses existing yet, but year by year, they fall and new houses spring up. Long ago the people build small mud houses down in (houses.) holes tatched with rushes and reed and sedge The fireplaces was at the gable end, the window is very

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. foirgnimh
            1. an teach cónaithe (~2,723)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James O Flynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bellville, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   John Geary

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73