School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 270

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 270

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    was a house burned which belonged to Michael Waldren of Cloontumper.
    The soldiers were searching the house to see if there were any soldiers hid in it.
    The black and tans were drunk and they stayed around the house for a long time.
    They started smoking and they threw a match away.
    It was not quenched and the thatch took fire.
    It continued to burn and the people got up and tried
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    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
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