School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 025

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 025

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  1. A man named Thomas Lee from Cattan walked to Longford for meal because he heard that it was cheaper there than around his own home. He also wanted a wheel-barrow and he put the meal on the barrow and wheeled it the whole way home. Longford is about 10 miles from his home.
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  2. There was an old hedge school at the back of Philip Rielly's It was down an old lane which is still to be seen. It was held
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