School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)in the ink that brought about such rapid recovery.
Another noted economist was Sam Jones who saved the potato + ate the skin + was continually raving about money + saying farthings make half pence + pence (make) half pence make pence.
Another was Fr. M. Burke who was born near Ardrahan in 1,800. He was a R.P. of Kilchreest for fifty years. He was educated in the Irish College in Paris.
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“In olden times the people in country districts were very proud of a strong man . . .”
In olden times the people in country districts were very proud of a strong man amongst them. They were always glad to have some good fighting man at the faction fights, as in those days at fairs and markets the men were always well equipped with good ash plants and black thorn sticks for faction fighting.
They would not think of leaving a fair or market without(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peggy Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
