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School: Coillín Aodha (B.)

Location:
Culleens, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 151

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    Where I spent many happy days
    Catching trout and eels
    In a furling stream
    Down by Fenton's old flax-mill
    Shooting wild ducks and drakes
    On the log (?) lakes
    By the side of Sally Hill
    4.
    Where I made my good old Irish Whiskey
    And carefully hid my still
    In a cave both snug and dry
    on the side of Sally Hill.
    As a result of the famine there were many deaths in the locality. Prior to this the district was thickly populated. As the people died or emigrated their houses were seized by the local landlord and the stones were used to wall in his estate
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Gordon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Ballyogan, Co. Sligo