School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 157
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“Once upon a time there was an old altar built up in Clogher.”
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- Jim Mc Groary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Tullynaha, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Mc Groary
- Relation
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tullynaha, Co. Donegal
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“Once upon a time there was a house built in Tullynaha. It was built and roofed three hours before day. It was the Molly's men that built it.”
Once upon a time there was a house built in Tullynaha. It was built and roofed three hours before day. It was the Molly's men that built it. When the people got up in the morning, they saw the smoke. There was a lot of men back-loading sods as there no carts in those day. It is said that there were over two hundred men in it altogether. (I got this from my father, Brian McGroary, Age 90 years, nearly 70 years ago.)
Collector Jim McGroary, 12 years, Tullynaha, Letterbarrow.