School: Carrickatee (roll number 16481)

Location:
Carrickatee, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 316

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 316

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  1. In the townland of Gragernagh on the land of Francis McMahon there is a Giants Grave on the top of a high hill. There are four stones standing upright in the form of pillars, about thirty inches high and a huge flat stone placed upon them, eleven feet long and four feet wide.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gragarnagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Edward Gorm
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gragarnagh, Co. Monaghan
  2. I remember a man named Hazlett in the townland of Brackley making wooden ploughs. The farmers came to him for miles around to get their ploughs made and they believed that no other
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