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School: Baltrasna (roll number 4086)

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Baltrasna, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shuibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0716, Page 297

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    A burning
    A contractor named Patrick Lynch lives in Oldcastle. He built this school in the year 1930.
    One night in the early part of this year, their house was burned to the ground, some men coming in to the town in a lorry saw the house burning, they roused the people with the result that they escaped with their lives, but the house and all that it contained was burned with the exception of one picture.
    This picture was one of Blessed Oliver Plunket, the frame, the picture cord and everything in the immediate vicinity was burned, but the picture remained untouched.
    Written by Ellie Reilly Springhall Oldcastle Co. Meath
    Aged 14
    Told to me by Eithne Kearney Baltrasna, Oldcastle Co. Meath
    aged 12 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. fires (~306)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Springhall, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Eithne Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Baltrasna, Co. Meath