School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)

Location:
Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 013a

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 013a

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  3. XML “Cluain Con Maicne”
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  2. In olden times before the famine this part of Leitrim was very rich in folklore. At night when the neighbours came in on their ceilidhe the conversation was about old times and the old story tellers whiled away the night telling their stories. Then came the famine and the old country life was broken up, families were broken up, emigration started and half a generation was gone before the country family life was resurrected again. The new life was different to the old. Many if not all the old people were gone and the people looked to the future rather than the past for aid and consolation.

    From John Clancy Faughill Cloone
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