School: Tyrrellspass (C) (roll number 6040)

Location:
Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonduibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 548

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0731, Page 548

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  2. There were two accident at the mill in the year 1937. One was in Tuellamore where a man go his arm cut off by mill. The man that sent him to help at the mill had to pay him a sum of money weekly.
    The other accident occurred last year to when my uncle was threshing in meedin a man named James Gilligan come to help at the mill. When he was throwing in a sheave of corn he got his hand caught in the mill and the tops of his fingures were cut off. His hand was in the
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