School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 160
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- (continued from previous page)lakes will meet some day. They say Lough Lorgeen will burst asunder sooner or later + make for Glen Lorgeen is in a bog + the water appears to be black. No one goes near it as it is most dangerous. Water has eaten away under bog so that people wldn't go within a certain distance.
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- This was long ago + was worked by water power. There was a man living back near the mountain + no man was able to draw the sluice but this man. He was very strong + able to do it himself. When he used to go to Creggs + get drunk, he'd go to draw the sluice + then he could hear the sledge hammers going until he'd get home. This was the company he had on his road home.
- They reckon the last into graveyard is supposed to mind the gate till next is buried. A person dies today, another tomorrow they'll say well so + so wasn't(continues on next page)
