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School: Baile an Churraigh

Location:
Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 386

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    (1) There was a big building going on in England and Matt Feeney from this neighborhood was employed in it. It was going to be an eight storey building and one day Matt was going up the ladder with stones and mortar on his back, the building was five story now. The top scaffold just gave away, a young man was just falling when Feeney grabbed him and caught him in the nick of time.
    (2) Tom Egan whose nick name was "Peeler" lived under the big bush on the side of Logan's hill. He was a strong lively man, so he went to England to earn. He wasn't long in England until he got sick and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Lohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway