School: Naomh Colmcille, Leitir Cheanainn
- Location:
- Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Mháthair Ignatius Ní Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 013
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- (continued from previous page)to protect them from drowning fire or sudden death.Gartan is also well known for its beautiful scenery and large numbers of foreign and Irish visitors come to spend their holidays in St Columba's Hotel which is beautifully situated at the edge of Gartan Lough. Some visitors spend a very pleasant time fishing on the lakes, while others spend their time shooting in the woods and on the mountains in the neighbour.Close by is Derryveigh where forty-four poor families were evicted by their cruel landlord John Adair and left to starve by the roadside. Some years ago large quantities of soap- stone were quarried and exported from Gartan. Most of the people living in Gartan are farmers. There is also two public-houses and a grocer's shop in Gartan.
- Collector
- Kathleen Boyle
- Gender
- Female
