School: An Clochán Liath (Dungloe)
- Location:
- An Clochán Liath, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Róis, Bean Uí Éaluighthe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1061, Page 047
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- (continued from previous page)The British soldiers went to occupation of the Barracks about the year 1847. They did not remain long in occupation, and during their stay in the Barracks they were supplied with turf by the people of the towntown of Meenmore. This accounts for the scarcity of turf in the townland.After the soldiers evacuated the Barracks it was sold to a man named Keown, a merchant at Burtonport.Some years later he sold it to a Revenue Officer called Bold. He and his family resided in it and when he dies Mr. John Herdman of Sion Sion Mills bought it and usesd it as a summer(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Mc Cole
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Mhín Mhór, Co. Donegal
