School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 493
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“About seventy years ago two families lived in Slavery.”
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About seventy years ago two families lived in Slavery. One family was named De Ermott and the other was Gallagher.
Their lands marched each other, and Gallagher passed through the other man's field by a narrow path, (wi) which led to the well.
It happened that these two families had some dispute, and one day De Ermott closed up the well.
Soon Gallagher - an old man of eighty-four years - went to the well for a can of water.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Dan Magee
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Occupations
- Farmer
- Painter
- Address
- Slavary, Co. Donegal