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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 76

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    One time the policemen were out still-hunting in Cark hills, The stillers made off with the still through the hill. The policemen came across Edward Quinn and he taking a bullock out of a hole. They took Edward for one of the stillers and they took him to jail and he hand-cuffed. They put him into jail up in Glenswilly and they left two policemen on guard, one on every side of the door. There was a school on one side of the road and Mc Ginley's on the other side. The old Mc Ginley man went into the school and told the master to tell the scholars
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cark, Co. Donegal