School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 227
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- (continued from previous page)Cloonteighban:
Which means the meadow of the white fairy. Gallows Hill:
Situated to the North East of the town. In 1798 after Ballinamuck Irish and French prisoners were brought to Carrick-on-Shannon, Military Barracks, where a certain percentage were to be executed. Death lotteries were then drawn, and those unfortunate enough to draw a ticket with "death" written on it were hanged on Gallows Hill. The trees from which they were hanged are still to be seen. Attyrory and Attyfinley:
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