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School: Dún Ceann Fhaolaidh (roll number 15499)

Location:
Dunkineely, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seaghan Mac Cuinneagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1038, Page 263

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    In the year of 1912 there was a mission held in this chapel which closed on the 13th of October. On the evening of the 14th the chapel was burned. Most of the chapel was made of wood and this wood was just newly painted so when the flames started there was nothing to keep them back. It only took about two hours and the whole thing was burned.
    This chapel was built in the year 1835. In 1914 the new chapel was built and from 1912 to 1914 Mass was said in the “Darley Hall”.
    6.
    The herring boats, with bravest crews,
    May sail from shore to shore
    But those faithful men of Fanaghan,
    Shall plough the waves no more.
    In their homes that night,
    The lamps burned bright,
    But now that vigil is oer,
    For that absent crew that no one knew,
    Had reached the golden shore.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Miss Cassidy
    Gender
    Female