Leitrim-Roscommon

A Herd was a person who looked after the lifestock on the larger farms, he usualy lived in a small house built on the land. A townland wouldn't have a specific herd, there could be a few herds in a townland depending on the number of big farms in it. I would imagine the herd wouldn't be very popular...

Const. Wallace and Carty are buried in Bumlin Cemetery, Strokestown, Co Roscommon. There graves may not be marked.
Harry

Hello to all you Roscommon people, if you came from near Carnaska, Strokestown, you may be interested to know of a recent journal publication; the "Carnaska School History Journal" is a complete history of the old and new schools of Carnaska with articles from past pupils and former teache...