School: An Gleann, Graiguenamanagh

Location:
Glynn, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
P. Ó Flaithbheartaigh
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    In the year 1916 in the world's war there were twelve soldiers...

    In the year 1916 in the world's war there were twelve soldiers hiding on the Blackstairs mountain. They gathered a heap of flags, and made a hole in the ground, and shaped it like a house. They covered it with the flags, and made a kind of a cave in which they hid. They got safe for three months, but one day an aeroplane flew over them, and a shell fell and blew up the cave and the twelve men were killed. A few days later, some men found some parts of their bodies and buried them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter L. Kealy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Dranagh, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Maurice Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Ballycrinnigan, Co. Carlow