School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)
- Location:
- Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 354
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Famous Men (continued)
“Corranmore is mentioned in a song about Easter Week compose to the memory of Seán McDermott...”
(continued from previous page)was written by Pat Clarke Glenfarne since deceased. The first verse runs thus: -
Oh! Corranmore I do implore
Your mourning cloak put on
And join with me in fervent prayer
For the soul of martyred Sean
Before the throne of God on high
His mercy to implore
For the soul of our brave patriot
Brave Sean of Corranmore
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“There are twenty families in my home district.”
There are twenty families in my home district. Keany is the most common name. There are three people over seventy. They do not know any Irish. Their names are: Pat O'Hara, Rose Cullen and Frank Boylan. There are eight ruined houses in the district. Part of the land is boggy and part of it is hilly. - There are seven or eight families in my district all of whom have different names. There are about twenty people in my district. Every house is a one-storeyed thatched house. There are two persons over seventy years of age. Kate McGourty and Mrs. McMorrrow. There is a small wood in my district called Jamesy Dolan's wood because it is on Jamesy Dolan's land. The land is boggy and hilly,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Margaret Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullintloy, Co. Leitrim
