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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
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Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 452

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  1. Skeletons

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    About 2 years ago. A man named James Fallon, Near Ross, Killala. Was digging a hill in Cortoon, Killala, looking for sand. But he got a great surprise when he went down a foot or so he found skeletons.
    R.I.P.
    A woman named Mrs Moran age ninty-six years Cortoon, Killala. Said there was a battle fought on that hill at the time of Cromwell. There was about a thousand men killed. They were left here without coffins or even clay thrown over them.
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  2. The Night of the Big Wind

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    Ninty eight years ago the first big wind came. It was the first big wind that ever came, before that nobody had doors,or windows or chimneys only tin cans left on the
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Anthony Lynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo