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School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)

Location:
Riverstown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 089

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    A monument of John Stenson is in the "Half Quarter". it was when the R. I. C. were in Ireland he was shot. he was driving cattle through the Half-Quarter when the Police shot him. There was a spy of the English watching him and it was he who got him killed. At that time they wanted to divide it, but it is just after being divided. Now it is being fenced and has given employment to many men. It was on the 28th of October 1908 that Stenson was shot.
    There is an old church at Tawnagh which was built by St Patrick. It was built of wood on a little hill. St Mathona
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Maye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Sligo