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School: Sooey (roll number 6249)

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Sooey, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Hóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 420

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  1. A Local Burning (continued)

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  2. Local Happenings

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    Close on forty years ago, between Strandhill and Darnish Island four people were drowned. It was the 15th day of August 1897, when three girls, two Protestant sisters, natives of Rosses Point, and another young girl, a native of this parish went out for a pleasure cruise in a boat. They were not long in the water, until they got into difficulties and then the cry for help went far and near. A young man, brother of
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