School: Tomena

Location:: Gortullaghan, Co. Cavan
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only three people living in the house and they were old and could not put it out. Their names were Kelly's. Sometime was said to throw a lighted match on the hay and it went on fire. The dwelling house was burned and so were the three old people. The fire spread until it burned the next house. The people who lived in the next house were badly injured, some of them were taken to Bawnboy hospital as there was a hospital in it then. They got better but there house was destroyed.
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Topics
1. events
  hardship (~1,565)
Language

English
Collector
Emily Montgomery
Gender

Female
Address

Drumbeagh, Co. Cavan

Informant
Miss Gracella Montgomery
Gender

Female
Age

80
Address

Drumbeagh, Co. Cavan

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