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School: Árd an Teampoill (roll number 12568)

Location:
Mount Temple, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhoicheadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 287

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    In the townland of Drumfad and in the Parish of Ahamlish, County Sligo, there is a woman named Mrs. Moore that could walk to Ballyshannon and back again in two hours. This is a distance of thirty miles.
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  2. Local Happenings

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    There was a shipwreck outside Dernish Island, Parish of Ahamlish, County Sligo, a long time ago. When the Spanish were coming to Ireland they went up on a rock named, "Carraig na Spáinne." The crew was lost, and it is said there is a lot of gold there. They took the wrong route.
    Outside O'Connors Island a steamer went up on a rock named "Carraig na n-lán", a tug
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