School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 236
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- Long ago the roads were neither steamrolled or tarred and quite naturally they were not up to the standard. The old roads in my district are used as by roads by farmers now. The rivers were crossed by means of a ford and in other places planks were used. In my district it was the custom for all the young boys and girls to gather at a crossroads on a fine summer's evening and have a dance and when bonfire night came they would make a fire.
There was a large pass on the Curlew mountains which was made by Red Hugh O'Donnell and his army. When Coote was crossing the river his horse reared and threw him into the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vincent Shannon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cootehall, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- James Shannnon
- Gender
- Male
