School: Tarmon (roll number 13997)

Location:
Tarmon, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Layden
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 254

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  1. There was very little food in this district long ago during the Penal times. The people used to burn the clay off the fields to make manure for the potatoes and on that account the hills around here are very poor. There was a monastery at Curraghs then and Cromwell's soldiers were going through the country killing the Catholics and they destroyed the monastery and killed the monks. The monastery is used as a graveyard since then. There was a convent at Gubb also and Sir Frederick Hamilton was after killing Garret Ford who was chieftain of Corry and he wanted to kill his two daughters also but they escaped
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Dan Gralton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    97
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Falty, Co. Leitrim