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School: Creach na mBearna

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Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
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Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 059

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    Local Marriage Customs
    This is the district of Arigna, a pocket between the mountains of Braulieve and Munterkenny in the extreme northern end of Co Roscommon Parish of Kilronan and Barony of Boyle.
    Forty years ago I heard the old people talk about "Force-away" marriages that they remembered. They even named men living in the locality at the time, who got their wives in this shocking manner. The "Force-away" marriage was so called because the girl or bride-to be was captured and carried off by force from her parents home, to the home of the bride to be. The abduction was done by the groom and a party of his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Layden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Arigna, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Christie
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Arigna, Co. Roscommon