School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)took horses and carts with heavy loads across it.
- About the year 1921 there came a very dry summer, people had to draw water for their animals miles from lakes as all wells or watering places dried up, this drought lasted the summer months and many animals died for the want of water, and crops were very poor in sandy or dry land because they had no water to make them grow.
- Collector
- Dorcas Cox
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Cox
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Corlurgan, Co. Cavan
