School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 164
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- My home district is in Oakfield in the parish of Raphoe.
There are eight families in the district + about 45 people. The names are Mc Elihinney, Mc Knight,[?] Curran, Kelly, Mc Clay, + Mc Crabbs, Hyndman + Green. The houses are all slated except Mc Elhinney which is thatched + Mc Clays which is tiled.
There is one house in ruins. It is called the hang-house because a woman hanged herself in it. She hanged herself by tying a rope to the rails of the stairs + then she fastened it around her neck + let her-self drop. The field in front of the house was called the hanghouse afterwards.
There are many trees to be found in Oakfield. Around the castle there are about a square mile of trees. There[?] is one road through the centre of the trees it is called the avenue. The road begins at Hyndman's + ends at Mc Crall's at the other end.
In front of the castle there is a large lawn through the lawn there are small patches of flowers. To the back of the castle there are gardens + in the gardens there are many kinds of fruit grown. The castle is three stories high + is a reddish colour outside. The castle was owned formerly by Captain Stoney.
- Collector
- Rita Mc Auley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
