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School: Baile na Mín (roll number 14925)

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Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0238, Page 340a

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    About forty years ago there was a big storm in the month of February. There lived a harmless old man by the name of Owen Keenan; he lived in a house to the back of the school. On the night of the storm he was coming from his usual rambling house, when the storm overtook him, and he lost his way in the dark fields. The next morning he was found dead in the field from exposure it is assumed. This story was told to me by my father.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dympna Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Acres, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Acres, Co. Roscommon