School: Na Frasa (roll number 16375)
- Location:
- Frosses, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)and told Pat Clancy if he didn't pay the rent before that day month that he would evict him. That day month came and Pat wasn't able to pay the rent.
The soldiers came riding up the road on grey horses and each soldier wearing a red coat. They evicted the Clancy family. The soldiers closed the door and pulled down a couple of straws out of the roof and burned them.
The Clancy family had relations in America. The relations sent money to the Clancy family and after some time took them to America. Some of the family are living in America yet, and the old ruin is to be seen in Drumbarron to this day.
- Collector
- Michael Breslin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballybrollaghan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Breslin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ballybrollaghan, Co. Donegal
