School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 020
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was in 1798 a man called Captain Lambert living in Melford about 2 mls from this School. On a fine harvest day he heard that the French had come into Killala and he gathered up a lot of the Creggs men to fight with the French. In the same place that he lived a man of the Nolans came to live after him. He was very intimate with my grandfather, Martin Connell - he was a friend of his, he advised my grandfather if he had any spare cash to buy some cattle as they would be(continues on next page)
