School: Gortermone
- Location:
- Gortermone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs A. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0229, Page 287
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- Some Eighty years ago or so, quite near us here tho' in the Co. Longford there was a cross-roads - Moyne - On and adjacent to this cross there were many houses for selling intoxicating drink so that the clergy man of the parish - Father Duffy - had quite a hard job endeavouring to keep the people sober.
At one time, he the priest - asked the local black-smith to give up drinking, or at least to make a promise to drink only in the forge. So the bargain was clenched - Tommy was to buy whatever drink he required to be consumed in the forge. On this particular day - Tommy went to one of those public houses where he used to get the bar iron to make horses' shoes. Having got some 'potteen' of special qualifications they offered 'Tommy'(continues on next page)
