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School: Belturbet (B)

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Belturbet, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 337

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 337

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  1. Penal Times

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    During the penal times in Belturbet the Catholics had to sleep on the other side of the river. They had to be outside the town before sunrise and after sunset.
    About four years after the penal times mass was said in a house in Weavers Row and after a few months or so it got its name Patrick's St., at the present time there is nothing left. The houses in this street are knocked down and carted away and new homes are built.
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  2. Storms and Floods

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    In 1821 there was a big flood in Belturbet and from the foot of Barrack Hill to Cooneys was flooded and no one could walk home out of town nor could anybody go into town. A man named Mr McAvenna had a boat and brought people across for a penny each. Typical Irish Christianity!
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  3. The River Erne before the Railway

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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seoirse O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male