School: Kilbride (roll number 11793)

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   one and so was Sherry's. Now there is no
   one living in it but when they were living
   in it there were fourteen children alone.
   There also was a house belonged to
   Mary Gannon and the ruins of it are there
   yet. The river which runs through Iskaroon
   passes by Harrison's in Kilbride and goes
   into the Boyne at Bective. The "drakeen"
   divides Iskaroon from Tullyard. The land in
   Iskaroon is good.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   The name of the place in which I live is Clonfane. It is a cottage I live in and it is a slated house. There are about nine families in Clonfane. There are three slated houses which are cottages and six thatched houses. There are about thirty two people in the townland and they are all in the parish of Kilbride. There are only two people in Clonfane that are over seventy. Miss Rooney and Mr Rooney. I never heard of them telling any stories. There is one old house in Moymet where people lived long ago and the name was Pointys. The land is good but

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   Topics

   1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Clonfane, Co. na Mí

   Collector

   Mary Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Clonfane, Co. na Mí