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   “My father Neal Doherty (Lynch) says he heard his granny Cassie Doherty saying "About a hundred years ago she remembers when the people in Cregnahorna were grinding their own meal and were spinning their own yarn for sheets".”

   

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   people in Cregnahora. John Doherty is the oldest. He is eighty-six years but still can do light work. He has a thatched house and a farm. He has five of a family but his wife is dead.Three are married and the other two are at home.

   

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2. Glenmakee

   

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   Glenmakee. The name of my home district is Glenmakee. It is situated in the south-west of the Parish of Donagh, Baronry of Inishowen, Co. Donegal. The number of families in Glenmaker is thirteen and the number of people is about fifty. O Donnell and Mc Donald are the family names most common in Glenmakee. There are six slate-houses in Glenmakee and seven thatched houses. I do not know how the town got its name. There are four old people in our town, John Doherty aged eighty-six years, John Mac Gallion aged eighty-six years, Owen Kelly aged seventy four, John

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Glenmakee, Co. Donegal

   Collector

   Sadie Frances Mc Donald

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glenmakee, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   John Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   86

   Address

   Glenmakee, Co. Donegal