School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 325

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  1. There was once a man named Dan Connaughton. He lived in a poor district in County Galway. He had poor means to live on. He got married to Anne McCann. They were only a short time married when he made up his mind to go to England. He did not write to his wife until the Christmas was coming. He wrote to her then and said "Dear Anne do the best you can without money or Dan"
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Tracey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrooghs, Co. Galway