School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 17_008
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- In the year 1927 there was a great storm. In the village of Shraheen in the parish of Bohola a woman named Mrs Kilgallon aged 95 years old and her two orphan children were in danger of death.
The storm burst open the doors and the fire was blown through the house. Two cows were tied at the end of the house.
The old woman was sleeping in the kitchen(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Manulla, Co. Mayo
