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School: Áth Eascrach Cuain (roll number 11975/4094)

Location:
Ahascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Annaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0044, Page 0203

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  1. Historical Tradition

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    There is very little historical tradition about this locality.
    The people of this neighbourhood suffered a lot of torture during the Great Famine and the Penal Days. During the Penal days the people were forbidden to have priests or schoolmasters. The Catholics had to pay tithes to the Protestant clergy. A Catholic could not own any land which was valued at more than thirty shillings a year.
    If the son of a Catholic landowner declared himself a Protestant he became the owner of his
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English