School: An Clochar (roll number 14705)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mother Philomena
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 290
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- (continued from previous page)Where is the old grain-yard in Ballyshannon?
Ans= Behind the residence of Mrs Condon, The Mall.
What year did Indian meal first come to ireland?
Ans= 1846.
At what place in or around Ballyshannon in 1846-1847 was there a soup kitchen?
Ans= At the pound, the town boundary at the Abbey.
When were straw wattles erected at - - - the Ballyshannon bridge, by poor and sick people to reside in?
Ans= In the year of the cholera 1831.
Where is the Bishop's Well in Ballyshannon?
Ans= At the foot of the Convent Grounds by the river-side.
When was the first Mission held in Ballyshannon in St. Patrick's?
Ans= 1856.
What were the names of the Missioners?
Ans= Father Furness and Father Petcherine.
Who was Tom Pye?
Ans= An ex-army pensioner after whom the Brook at Mr. P. Mulrine, East Port is named.
In what year was the Rock Barracks built?
Ans= 1800, - the year of the Union.
Where is the Kiln Well?(continues on next page)
