School: Eanach Dubh (B.) (roll number 13656)
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- Annaduff, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Thomas Morahan
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- In the year 1800 a rumour went out that silver and other minerals were in Gortinee Dromod. There were a few German engineers staying in the village of Dromod and when they heard about the silver, they employed about fourteen men to mine the clay which is of a peculiar type. They sent it away for to have the silver extracted but word came that there too many chemicals and that the extraction would be too costly. On one occasion the me before going to dinner decided to put in a fuse.When they returned from their dinner, they found out that there was no explosion. The owner of the field named Jerry Duignan(continues on next page)