School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 045
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- There was a man one time called Henry Mc Laughlin living in a place called Ballymagan. Ballymagan is situated about two miles outside Buncrana.
Henry Mc Laughlin was working on the roads every day. One day Henry got a job with other men making a road from Ballymagan into Fallask which is a few miles from Ballymagan; When they were working for about a week at the new road they came to a place called Kinnego. At the place where they were working there was supposed to be the forge of a blacksmith who was killed by the English long ago for making pikes.
One evening after Henry and the other men were finished working they were standing round the shed where the tools were kept waiting for the man who had the key of the shed to come and open it so that they could leave in their tools. While they were waiting Henry started walking around to keep himself warm. He wandered away around the corner(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Colm Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs J. Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
