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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 098

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    firewood but the butt of it is there still. A cross was put in the butt of it & his name was written on it. On the butt is : John Clarke was killed here in 1928 R.I.P.
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    Long ago there used to be an old beggarman seen under a bush on the road leading from Ledwithstown to Gurteen. He died under this bush and ever since the bush is known as the beggar's bush.
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