School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 58
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- Úna M. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Henry Colhoun
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycramsy, Co. Donegal
- A man used to steal turf every Sunday night. He took the horse and cart to carry them home.
One dark night he was going as usual to steal. The horse stopped at a certain spot on the road and wheeled round, obviously in great fright. The man never again went to steal turf.
