School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)
- Location:
- Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mrs Rose Ffrench
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 099
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- (continued from previous page)There were tents on the field selling all kinds of fruits and refreshments, and there were also places where you could get dinner or tea. There were holes put in the ground and fires were lighted in these holes, and pots containing hams, and beef were boiled on those fires and soup was served to anyone who wanted it.
In olden times there lived two well known families in this parish. The O'Beirnes of Cartron and Feeneys of Kilmore. A feud existed between these two families for generations. The decendants of both families aired their imaginary grievances at the fair of Dangan. On one occassion a member of the O'Beirne family was killed by one of the Feeneys. The then parish priest of Kilmore said that there would not be a Feeney in the parish during the following generation or ever again. This remark of the Priest's has proved correct. The last of the Feeneys died about twenty five years ago and no one of the name has resided since in the parish.
- Collector
- Teresa Caslin
- Gender
- Female
