School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)

Location:
Ballindine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire de Staic
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    My native village is Monument. There is a certain reason for calling it that name . One day as Lord French and his cousins were coming from Blakes in Belmount he . Lord French was passing through ballyglass on his horse. Just as they were going over a wall the horse fell and French was on the horse and both fell dead. Lord French was buried there and some days after his death his cousins from his native Roscommon came to Ballyglass and put a large headstone over the place which he was buried. It was old Mr. Maguire of Claremorris that gave them the headstone and he also built a monument there. Some years
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    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    May Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo