School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)

Location:
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 215

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  1. When the French were going to land in Ireland in 1798 they did not know the way so they came into Sligo bay to get some one to pilot them. So the got Paddy Heamus Shaughal Gillan to pilot them into Killala bay.
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    Long ago the people used to make their own linen and wollen clothes.

    Long ago the people used to make their own linen and wollen clothes. they also grew their own flax in the fields, they stopped growing it on a account it used to ruin the land.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Gillan
    Address
    Rosses Point, Co. Sligo