School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0186

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  1. There was an old man named Paddy Gillespie living in the district. He thought he was going to die. He made a tombstone in the garden, but it is broken down now. He built it seventy years ago.
    There is a big flatstone on the hill of "Cloher" opposite my house. It is said that Queen Maeve was buried there.
    There was a graveyard and it moved from Cloonamahon to Killmorgan. It took it three nights to come. It was said that there
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo