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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

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Oilgate, Co. Wexford
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Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 263

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  1. An Accident

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    A long time ago as an engine was going down a hill called the "Dark Walk. The driver did not put on the brakes quick enough and the engine ran into a wall beside the road and fell into the field.
    Both men were killed and the engine badly damaged. After some time the engine was taken away and the wall was repaired but the mark is there still. This happened in the Parish of Crossabeg about the year 1906.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Neville
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Fortune
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford