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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 368

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  1. The Carrowmena Evictions

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    The soldiers and police came to Carrowmena at 9 a.m. on the 28th December, 1881. Harvey, the agent, and James McCay, the sheriff, were in charge. The Beattys, the MacFeelys, the Brennans, The MacGonagles, the MacGonagles, the MacCanns and the Dohertys were turned out because they refused to pay the rackrents. They put the families out on the street and threw the furniture out after them. They extinguished the fire in each house and fastened the doors with steeples.
    The MacGonagles who live beside Leslie MacCann's house refused to leave the house. One of the soldiers pointed a revolver at them and threatened to shoot them if they wouldn't go out. So then they went out. Neil, Daniel, Mary, Annie, John and the father and mother were there at the time. The parish priest, Father Tom Farren, was on the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rose Breslin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowblagh or Leckemy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Mac Gonagle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal