School: Accony (roll number 5122)
- Location:
- Aghany, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Mac Giobúin
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- (continued from previous page)and the cattle went wherever they liked. Three or four boats left Turk Island that morning with a boat load of cattle for Connemara. They were not far gone when a storm arose and they succeeded in throwing out the cattle and reached the Island in safety. An old man named Mr. Pat O Toole accompanied by his son left the same Island that morning with a boat load of fish for Roonagh and they landed in Roonagh midnight.
On St. Stephen's night 1912 there were a number of people from this locality enjoying themselves at games of cards when suddenly a storm arose and they had to jump from the table and leave the cards and money after them and make for their own homes. There were two men in hold of a spar from nine o clock until five in the morning and if they let it go the house and all would go.- Collector
- Mary Prendergast
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghany, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr James Prendergast
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghany, Co. Mayo