School: Cronaghbois (roll number 2658)
- Location:
- Crannogeboy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Beirn
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“Long ago in the penal days a priest used to say mass at a little Altar at the "Coill" near Killsteward.”
(continued from previous page)Then the priest prayed that there would never be as many men of the name in the parish as would carrs a corpse to a grave and so it is to this day.- Long ago there lived a man and wife and a few children in a slate house in the Point. They were very rich and had a lot of cows and calves.
This man had a park and a gap on it. On wet days the gap used to get very dirty so he closed the gap and opened another one. Next day as a cow was coming through the gap she(continues on next page)- Informant
- Andy Maloney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Occupation
- Vagrant
- Address
- Ardara, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrick Shovlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ardara, Co. Donegal