School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 115
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- There was a great walker and his name was Thomas Lee. He walked from Longford to Cattin with a box barrow and a hundred of meal in it.
- Collector
- Betty Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- When Cornwallis was coming to Ballinamuck in 1798 he went down by Drumkirk and Lear, He met a pike man on the road going to battle. One of the soldiers went to kill the pike-man but Cornwallis would not allow him. He said we will pick out a soldier with him. They started to fight the soldier was on horse back.
