School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_042

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_042

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    Blinking is a thing which the people believe terribly in round here. ...

  2. There was a terrible famine in 1847. There were more houses in the district that time than now. There are five houses closed in Renny in the last twenty years. There are three houses closed in Toome. The
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