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School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)

Location:
Glasalt or Treanfasy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. P. Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 139

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    in Meentiagh Lough coming from Buncrana. They were looking for him for a week and at last a herd got him. That happened about sixty years ago.
    Diptheria was very common round here one year. Three people in Cregnahorna died in the one week out of this disease.
    Neal Doherty from Magherarnet was cutting turf one day about forty years ago. He did not return and he was found dead later at the Altar Rocks.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephine Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craignahorna, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Elizabeth Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    82
    Address
    Craignahorna, Co. Donegal