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School: Cormaddyduff

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Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ní Ghiolla Sheanain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 277

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  1. My Home District - Cormaddyduff (continued)

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    was a song made up about the Crowbar Brigade. There were forty two houses knocked from that crossroads to our school. The stones that were in these houses were taken out by the County Council to repair the roads. All the that were in these houses and had the means emigrated to America.
    The land is fairly good and always was, except here and there where there are valleys and swamps. Part of Lough Ramor is in it. It contains no woods.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Patrick Caffrey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cormaddyduff, Co. Cavan