School: Gort Leitreach (roll number 15960)

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   “The Duignans were big farmers who owned at one time ...”

   

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   Although everything points to the fact that Farnaught graveyard dates back to early Christian times, tradition has it that people from all over Gortletteragh, and even from places further south brought their dead to Cloone for burial. There was a dead-house in Cloone in those early days and people who came long distances left the corpse there over night and held a wake there, going on to Cloone next morning. This dead-house was in a field at present owned by Mr. C. Browne, Cloonee.

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   “Tradition has it that when the first R.C. Church in Gortletteragh ...”

   

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   Tradition has it that when the first R.C. Church in Gortletteragh was ready for the roof the people were not able to provide one, until a Protestant named Argue put up the money.

   

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