School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)he too found himself in front of the house. There was nothing for him either but to ask for a guide.Both the policeman and the Clergyman had passed under the arch.Story told by Pat Keaveney, Ballintubber, Claremorris aged 75
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“The Rev. Mr Brownlow Lynch, the last protestant clergyman to live in Belcarra was a very simple-minded trusting man.”
FactThe Rev. Mr Brownlow Lynch the last protestant clergyman to live in Belcarra was a very simple minded trusting man. On one occasion he bought oats from a man in the village to feed his hens. The Amount was 5 stones 10 lbs when weighed. Fearing that he'd forget the right weight while on his way home a few hundred yards away, and back he kept repeating 5 stones 10 lbs. 5 stones. 10 lbs. But he got confused a bit and when he got back to the village he had made it 10 stones 5 lbs. 10 stones. 5 lbs and paid for 10 stones 5 lbs.Told by Tommie Naughton, Belcarra, Castlebar aged 80. - Collector
- Micheál Ó Gealbháin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tommie Naughton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
