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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 029

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    anoyance would come from the Catholics, so they set about roofing the walls in order to provide a place of worship for the Protestant community. The Catholics were very angry but they could do nothing.
    One fine morning as a man named McGowan from Ahanlish, Largydonnell, Glendale, was on his way to Kinlough and before he reached the village he spied a man on the roof of the church. He stood on the top of "Christies Hill" which overlooks Kinlough and he being a noted marksman he knew that he would be able to shoot the man from where he stood.
    At this place there lived a woman who kept a "Sheeben Shop" where
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Daniel Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim