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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 363

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  1. The Evictions of 1881 (continued)

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    and on Sunday morning we went over to John Norris's barn in Carrowbeg and took our clothes with us. Later on we took our furniture over. We stayed nine months in the barn,
    "The straw and chaff were flying into our beds,
    The first opportunity we determined to flit,
    We went into an old sheep house where we couldn't stand straight,
    It's walls like a riddle and its roof wanting thatch,
    For the blackbird or snipe it was more than a match."
    Then we went to Ballymagaraghy and got a room and kitchen there. We stayed six months there and then we got back to our old place and had to pay rent and taxes for the whole time we were out. The bailiff was at the door every day and we had to sell a farm and give the proceeds, £40, to Harvey.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mac Feely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal