School: Ceathramhadh Ceanainn (C.) (roll number 10842)
- Location:
- An Cheathrú Cheanainn, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Róisín, Bean Mhic Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1073, Page 403
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- (continued from previous page)For the five years before they were evicted they paid what was considered a just rent in a fund, and after they were evicted the priest divided the money on the evicted people.
During the land war in Gweedore about fifty years ago, there was a British officer named Martin killed at Derrybeg church. He was going to arrest the priest father James mc Fadden because he was helping the Catholics. The priest had just read Mass and the congregation were coming out when the Police Officer and a few Police went to arrest the priest. The people gathered around to prevent his arrest. martin drew his sword and wounded a few men, when one woman rushed in and threw her shawl around martins head, and the men killed him with paling posts which they pulled off a fence though he had an army of 300 men within a 100 yards of him. There were several people imprisoned but no one was ever hanged.
- Collector
- Mary Rutherford
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Fál Carrach, Co. Donegal
