School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 032
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“It was on the eighth day of October in the year of eighty-four.”
(continued from previous page)Assembled in their townlands with brave Biggar at their head.
There were many in Virginia town who were old and grey
That had never seen or had known to witness such a throng
Till the final Judgement Day.
- There lived in Lislea a man named Peter Connelly. Every time he would go to the town he would get drunk. He was about sixty years of age, and he was drowned about sixteen years ago. He was not a very tall man, if he had been tall he might not have been drowned. He was very drunk when he (died) was drowned. The place where he was drowned is up along a lane in Ballaghanea. The water was only six inches in depth. He(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Willie Stephens
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Matthew Rodgers
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
