School: Breacaire Beag (roll number 14891)
- Location:
- Brackary Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 247
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- Paddy Sheils lived in Corthoon in a little house by the Owenmore river which separates Corthoon from Brackatybeg. He was a Hackler by trade and was often called on to weave flax.
One fair day during the Crimean War when Paddy was in Manorhamilton, he went into a public house for a glass or two of whiskey. While he was drinking the whiskey a man dressed in military uniform came in with two other men. The three men started to drink and after a while, Paddy asked the man in military uniform what he was going to do with the other two men. The man told him he was a listing sergeant from the British Army and that these two men had joined him. "By [?] says paddy if I thought I would get plenty to eat I would go with ye.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mc Gorrin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartrongibbagh, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Mc Gorrin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartrongibbagh, Co. Leitrim
