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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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Fahan, Co. Donegal
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Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 343

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  1. Penal Times (continued)

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    and their blood turned the clay red. There is a spot in Burt, where the soldiers rested in the Penal times.
    There is a rock called Father Hegarty's rock, down in Buncrana. Father Hegarty was supposed to live in a cave down there.
    The soldiers went after him, and he jumped into the sea and was drowned.
    There were special houses built for mass. There was a house built in Mr McLaughlin farm in Castletown, for mass, but it is not there now.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hamilton Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Donegal