School: Gort an Locha (roll number 1414)
- Location:
- Gortalough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Docraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 641
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- (continued from previous page)and partly in Roscommon passing through the town lands of Dunveera. Mount Gaffney, Ballinafad, Catron and Ballaghboy.
This townland is nearly all bog-land. A fine coarse road bounds it on the Eastern side and from it runs a branch road penetrating through the heard of the bog. This townland was mentioned as the scene of the battle of the Curlews 1599 between Red Hugh O Donnell and Sire Conyers Clifford. We feel sure that this battle will be fully described in the folklore-book by the pupils attending the Deerpark School which stands near the track where Sir Conyers Clifford lost his head.
The bogs of Ballghboy supply the needs of the parishioners - the former tenants on the Ffolliot estate. There are 13 houses with a population of forty. All the houses are thatched and there is not arable land, the cattle browse over the bogs. They are mostly of the Kerry class and they appear to enjoy grazing over their hazardous ground. It is amusing to watch the cattle using their heads as a fifth [head] foot, When treading over a dangerous pass flanked on both sides by deep bog holes.
The cattle are always thin and(continues on next page)
