School: Goirtín

Location:
Gorteen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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  1. A man by the name of Martin Mullins who lived in Mounthazel, came to Tample to cut a day's work of hay for the parish priest. He cut a field of one and a half acres of hay. The field is known as "Gort an t-sagairt"
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  2. Mass was said in Pat Hogan's wood in Clooncagh. The picture of the altar is cut out on the bark of a beech tree. Men were cutting trees about forty years ago in that wood and they refused to cut that tree.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Carr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs T. Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway
  3. There is a field in Clough belonging to Joe Finnerty and a priest used to say Mass there and it is called "Style an Aifrinn". Mass was said in the open air or in the houses in olden times.
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