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School: An Léim Gearr (roll number 8766)

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Lemgare, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Duffy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 375

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  1. Old Houses

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Harris
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pullans, Co. Monaghan

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    Christy's Corner. is on the Pullins Lane where the Tasson road joins it, and is called after Christy Brennan who used life there. A few old stones are all that are left of his house. His wife was Betty Brennan. They had three children - James, Paddy and Christy. The father and James and Paddy died in England and the mother at home.
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    On Edward Traynor's farm in the townland of Lemgare there were three old houses owned by Ned Mc Guinness, Mary Ann Daly, and James Carragher. Ned Mc Guinness made the nailes and he was called Ned the Nailer. He had one daughter called Mary Mc Guinness. Mary Ann Daly scutched flax at the time of the hand scutching. James Carragher spent most of his time in England and he came home occasionally. He owned the land that Edward Traynor, Lemgare has now. He built a house on it and the walls of it are there yet. He had one son called James who died in Liverpool.
    On Dan Hughes farm in Coolartra there was two old houses
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