School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0273
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- My grandmother used often relate many stories of hardship and distress, she knew much of the happenings of the Parish as she lived with the then Parish Priest St Michael Burke as his grandniece, in the house now occupied by Patrick Callan.
He was the teacher and companion of her childhood. Often she saw him crying bitterly when he could do nothing to help his people. All the money he could spare out of his scanty salary he divided as he thought best to help them out.
In the house where he lived he had a great big griddle set into the masonary, with fire place and chimney (apart from the kitchen grate) for baking oaten bread alone, and is there to this day as good as ever but not used any more for that purpose.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
