School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana
- Location:
- Bun Cranncha, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Ellen Daly
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3. Not so many years ago (about 70) a man named William Acheson lived in Aughaweel, Linsfort. He went to Scotland and did two men's work and drew two men's pay for years. He died about sixty years ago. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Annie Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gort Leice, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- William Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Lios Loinn, Co. Dhún na nGall
- 5 Jimmy Doherty from Tonduff, Desertegney left Tonduff to walk to Moville (Struve) to the races there. He did the journey 17 miles in 1 3/4 hours. When he arrived the contest was about to begin - a race at Binion Hd. He won.
The Parish Priest put up a keg of whiskey to be competed for. Jimmy won the ground double where the rest only covered it single. The keg was his.