School: Naomh Nioclás, An Cladach (Buachaillí) (roll number 4501)
- Location:
- Townparks, Co. Galway
- Teacher: P.S. Ó Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0031, Page 0090
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- (continued from previous page)is teithe ins an t’Samhradh. Tá an teach in suite in aice an dún seo.sul a d’táinig “Pearse” go dtí go dtí an áit seo bhí “Mná ríalta” I bhfolach ins an áit seo. Mar bhí na pargain ag marbhuigh na daoine seo.
- Galway was surrounded by a wall and it was called the town wall. There are different Forts in Galway but there are not so much in it now. The spanish Arch is the name of a fort that once fortified Galway, and the spanish men built it. Where the Fort Hill cemetry is now there was also a Fort which fortified the town. There was a Fort also where the Davey Cinema now stands called the Town Wall. They used to make holes through it and got shooting through these holes.
- My mother often told me and my brother about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Coistealbha
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Beattystown, Co. Galway
