School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)

Location:
Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 144

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 144

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  1. Every-one would take a halfburned coal and throw it into a field near the house. Some people used to bring milk and meal and boil it and hand it around.
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  2. All the lads would be hurling on Sunday evenings. Sarah Collin's grandfather Tom Welshe used to go to Abbey Turlough in a field eighteen acres hurling. He used to go walking up and down again. Old Mentin Collins was a great footballer.
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  3. There was a blacksmith living near Knockmaskahill by the name of Broghan. He had a horse shoe down in the fire and he saw a woman coming at Pete Murray's. He threw the shoe out on the road and when the woman came along she picked up the shoe and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. smithing (~2,389)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    91
    Address
    Knockmascahill, Co. Galway