School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 3
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“Some years ago an old man lived at Malin Head, and his name was Paddy Houston.”
Some years ago an old man lived at Malin Head, and his name was Paddy Houston.
He lived alone in a little thatched cottage.
One stormy night the roof was blown off his cottage.
He had no other place of abode.
He eventually gathered up some of the broken roof and erected it up against one of the walls in form of a tea-fall.
He lived there for a considerable time.
One Sunday at Church the clergy told the young men of the congregation after they would get their dinner to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lottie Stewart
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Malin, Co. Donegal