School: Cill Cúlach
- Location:
- Kilcooly, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0306
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- (continued from previous page)Leitrim and Kilmeen. The public had great sympathy for his family at his untimely death. In 1920 there were a lot of houses burned by the Black-and-Tans in this country. At that time Pat Downeys house in Leitrim was burned, and the people only got a few minutes to leave the house. For a long time they lived in an out house, but now they have a nice house newely built Burkes house in Ballyduggan was burned by unknown men in June 1922. It was a big house, there was nothing saved in the burning except a picture of "The Sacred Heart" Mr Burke got a lot of compensation and he has a fine house built again(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Manning
- Gender
- Male
