School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)
- Location:
- Buckode, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Muiris Mac Gearailt
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- (continued from previous page)Longford, his family place and he carried a farming on a large scale in both. He employed all local labourers and paid them well. He often had as much as twenty men working in the place. They drained, ditched and planted the land and raised large crops.
He was married to a woman by the (m) name of Fredneck from Belleek. In his youth Saintie George Johnston broke his leg jumping over the avenue gate in Oakfield, Kinlough, Co. Leitrim. The injured leg was cut off and a cork one fitted on. He built some of the finest out offices could be found in Ireland and roofed them all(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Owen Meehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Buckode, Co. Leitrim
