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School: St Johnston (2)

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Saint Johnstown, Co. Donegal
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S. Mac Giolla Bhríghde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1106, Page 224

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    it Cardigan town. When the English people came over from England they could not say the word right, they called it Carrigans ever since.
    There are not many old people in Carrigans. There is one man named Mosey Ray and he made up a lot of rhymes. There are a lot of woods about Carrigans. There is a quarry at Carrigans named Conn's quarry because a man named Conn was killed in it. There is a large marsh at Carrigans and it is called Simpson's marsh because a man named John Simpson was drowned in it. There are a lot of flax dams about Carrigans. There was a woman working in a flax mill and she was going home from her work and a cog wheel hit her on the head and killed her.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Carrigans, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    James Howard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrigans, Co. Donegal