School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)
- Location:
- Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Louis A. Duffy
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- (continued from previous page)in damp ashes he set the fire on top of it. All went well until twelve o'clock when the chestnut caught fire. A terrible shot rang out frightening the children, and throwing fire and ashes all over the school room, with the result the children got a half day off until the school was cleaned up.
- About one hundred years ago there lived at Drumkeath, Co. Louth, a family called O'Carroll. There were three sons and the father in this family. The father and sons were very fond of fishing. This day the father and the youngest son called Séan Óg went out in their frail little boat on a Lake. It was a very long time before they caught any fish. At length they pulled in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Geough
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Edenagrena, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Peter Crilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toprass, Co. Louth
