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School: Leitir Mhór (roll number 15944)

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Lettermore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Bhaoghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 212

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    stream. They then returned home. Somebody told the police these men were making poteen. When they were about half - an - hour at home a number of police came up the road, passed by the houses where the men lived went to the place where the poteen was but they could not find it. So the two men had the poteen safe for a wedding which took place next day.
    Mary Mohan,
    Lettermore N. S.,
    Tullycumber
    Frosses, Inver
    Co. Donegal
    I got this story from my uncle,
    Mr. John Mohan (Yrs. 76)
    Tullycumber
    Frosses, Inver
    Co. Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullycumber, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr John Mohan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Tullycumber, Co. Donegal