School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 144

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 144

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  3. XML “Oíche Sin Seáin”
  4. XML “Oíche Sin Seáin”
  5. XML “Hurling”
  6. XML “Blacksmith”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
      2. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St John (~208)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Flash Kearney
    Gender
    Male
  2. All the lads would be hurling on Sunday evenings. Sarah Collin's grandfather Tom Welshe used to go to Abbey Turlough in a field eighteen acres hurling. He used to go walking up and down again. Old Mentin Collins was a great footballer.
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  3. There was a blacksmith living near Knockmaskahill by the name of Broghan. He had a horse shoe down in the fire and he saw a woman coming at Pete Murray's. He threw the shoe out on the road and when the woman came along she picked up the shoe and
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