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School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)

Location:
Carrowen, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 78

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 78

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    The lanes lead to farmhouses.
    In former times before the bridges were built the people waded the water where it was shallow. There are the ruins of an old railway where the trains to get the people who went foreign countries. This ruin is called the peer, At the spot where the trains stopped It is very deep and you could not bathe at it. One summer's evening to girls went to bathe at the peer, the first girl saw that there was a huge floor of cement and it went down in a slop till it got to the bottom of the shore. The girl was drowned the other girl went to save her and she was also drowned.
    There are many bridges
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Callaghan
    Gender
    Female