School: Breac-chluain

Location:
Brackloon South, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 077

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 077

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  1. John Deacy was born in the year 1861 in the village of Coogue near Aughamore. When he was six years of age he went to school for about three months and then his father began to teach him to weave. He went to England when he was fourteen years old and he there joined the army, enlisting in "The Connaght Rangers".
    From England he went to India and spent seven years there. He travelled India, China, Japan, Africa, Spain, America and England then he
    John Deacy died in 1937.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. spinning and weaving (~482)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Forde
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    83
    Address
    Derrynacong, Co. Mayo