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School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)

Location:
Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James J. Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 130

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  1. Colonel Jackson and the Fenians (continued)

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    so then it was easy for the others to know who was the spy. The next day all followed him and caught him in the mountains and cut off his head and then buried him there and from that forth he went by the name of "Bluckeen Lavin".
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  2. Carramore Old Road

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    Carramore Old Road
    The old road passing by Ned Hanahoe's of Carramore was closed about seventy years ago. It was closed for the purpose of stopping the people from going that way to town. It was the Jacksons that got it closed because it was going through part of their demesne until 1930 about eight years ago when the government got bridge built at Ned Hanahoe's. Before the bridge was built there was a plank across the river, on which people used to walk as there was an old
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmore, Co. Mayo