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School: Cornamon (roll number 13926)

Location:
Cornaman, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
John Kenny
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0197, Page 555

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    “As an illustatration of the fact that here in Co. Leitrim we were only just losing the Gaelic tongue ...”

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    As an illustration of the fact that here in Co. Leitrim we were only just losing the Gaelic tongue in the sixties of the last century I want to write a story my Co. Leitrim Grand- mother used to tell:-

    The local landlord ( Mr Tottenham, of Glenfarne Hall, Co. Leitrim ) emerged one June morning in the year following the big frost of 1855 from the "Grand Gates" of the "Big House" and said in a patronising manner to a man breaking stones in a pile on the roadside for a Contractor "Warm day". The roadworker saluted with his hammer and replied "Warm again Sir".
    Nuala Kenny,
    Cornamon N.S.,
    Glenfarne.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornaman, Co. Leitrim