School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:: Faugher, Co. Dhún na nGall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 114

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old tomb-stones and old crosses in Doe graveyard. The oldest cross in Doe graveyard is about a hundred years. Any people who die are buried in the graveyard in which any of their people are buried. There is an old saying that a green Christmas makes a full churchyard
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There are five forges in this parish. The names of the smiths are Barney McGinley Creeslough, Dan Baird Creeslough, Robert John Stuart Cashelmore, Joe McGarvey Dunfanaghy and James Mo[?] Dunfanaghy. Dan Baird's and Robert John Stuart's ancestors only were Smiths. The forges are all stone houses with

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