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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 167

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  1. The Land War

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    About the year 1884 a family by the name of Duffy lived in this townland (Buckode) in the parish of Kinlough and the Co. of Leitrim. They were very poor and unable to pay the rent. Consequently they were thrown out on the road side. The local branch of the Land League took up their case and built a hut for them inside the ditch of the road about a quarter of a mile from the school on the Kinlough-Garrison road.
    Into this little shelter
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghaderrard West, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Hugh Clancy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim