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School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 025

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    “Brachin Lane is a small lane about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon. Long ago the people used work on this lane for a pot of stirabout a day...”

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    a pot of stirabout a day. There was a boiler in every townland for making it. Brachin means stirabout, and that it how this lane got its name.
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    “There is a big field in Dunmuckrim called the Rampark about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon...”

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    There is a big field in Dunmuckrim called the Rampark about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon. In this field there is a grave and it is said a giant was buried there.
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    “There is an old school about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon on the land of Mr P. Laughlin (Dunmuckrim)...”

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    There is an old school about a mile to the south of Ballyshannon on the land of Mr P. Laughlin (Dunmuckrim). The teacher who taught in this school was named Gallagher.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Dunmuckrum, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Danny Breslin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathmore, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr P. Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathmore, Co. Donegal