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School: Clocháin (Cloghans) (roll number 16170)

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Cloghans, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 624

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  1. My Native Village

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    I live in the village of Friarstown. Friarstown is the next village south of Cloghans bordering Lough Conn.
    There are seven families living in Friarstown presently and only six children attending school. Before the famine there were about one hundred houses in the village.
    The inhabitants were mostly a band of robbers and wicked men. Probably they called it Friarstown so as to deceive the outside world and make them believe they were good christains.
    Once the leader and his robber gang left home to rob a rick man in Castleconner in Co. Sligo. One of the men
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Friarstown, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    James Roche
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Mayo