School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)There is another churchyard in Deserteganey. This churchyard is in use now. This churchyard was opened in green hill chapel was closed. People can remember burials in Green Hill churchyard. There is a graveyard attached o the other church in Deserteganey.
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- Informant
- John Baldrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Ballynarry, Co. Donegal
- Long ago there used to be a Caman match in Stragill every Christmas day. There was eleven playing on every side. They played in a field in Stragill Buncrana. It is in the townland of Stragill. They played between two town lands. The people made the caman sticks themselves. They got a bit of a stick(continues on next page)