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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

Location:
Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 356

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  1. My Home District (continued)

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    Beattys, the Carlins, the Mac Laughlins, the Magees and the Mac Conways.
    There are three songs about Carrowmena, two dealing with the evictions of 1881 and the third being about the Black and Tans.

    The land is fairly level in our district with a slope towards the sea. It has a sandy bottom. There are no woods in Carrowmena. The Bun Dearg stream rises in the Bun Dearg hill in Lecamy and flows between Carrowmena and Drumaville into Termone Bay.
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  2. The Local Forge

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    There are five forges in the parish. The smiths are:- Henry Farren, John Mac Daid, Neil Mac Daid, James Montgomery and Tomas Kavanagh. Thier people were smiths for over a hundred years. There is a forge in Carrowmena, two in Moville, one in Ballynally and one in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Mac Gettigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Henry Farren
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    39
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal