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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

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Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 257

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    A man who lived in Kyle maned John Cosgrave was coming home from Wexford town on a wet stormy Christmas Eve night. The night was so dark that the man lost his way and walked into the Slaney at FerryCarrig. After a week's search the man was found a short distance from the bridge caught by some boughs that were floating. This happened in the month of December in the year 1926.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Harpur
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    James Harpur
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford