School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 329

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  1. 1. The strongest man in this parish of Desertegney was said to be Philip Doherty, Hillside. He could carry two sixteen stone bags of corn on his back.
    He died in 1923 aged about 65.
    Given by Mick Diver, Hillside, Linsfort PO, Buncrana, Donegal
    To Margaret Diver, Carva, Linsfort PO, Buncrana, Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 2. In the townland of Sharagore an old woman named Ann Wanish kept a little shop. Often she walked from Sharagore to Derry carrying six dozen of shirts on her back. She used start off early in the morning with her burden of shirts and arrive back at Sharagore at night with her burden of goods.
    A dozen of shirts weighed about a stone. The distance from Sharagore to Derry is about sixteen E. miles.
    Her descendants now live at Aughaweel, near Linsfort. McLaughlin is the family name. Phil Wanish is the distinguishing name.
    Given by Mrs. Doherty (age 79), Carva, Linsfort, Buncrana
    Wr. by Brigid Moran, Carva, Linsfort, Buncrana
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Diver
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carvagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mick Diver
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hill Side, Co. Donegal