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School: Drom Mór (C.), Malla (roll number 13780)

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An Drom Mór, Co. Chorcaí
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M. Uí Uallaighe
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    men, it was the I.R.A. men, were supposed to set it on fire.
    A few years ago two houses were burned in the village. There was a Miss Mc.Carthy living in one house and the other one there was no one living it. Miss McCarthy had a shop. On the night of the fire there was a political meeting in the village, and it is said that a spark flew from one to the torches, and as they were thached house it easily caught fire. Miss McCarthy was in bed and she had a miraculous escape. The most of the stock in the shop was burned but it would be worse if she was burned. There is another house built where those houses stood
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. cruatan (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female