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School: Teach Mhic Conaill (roll number 15614)

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Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M. Ó Tuathaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0270, Page 097

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    It is said that Cromwell's army knocked the old church in the townland of Taughmaconnell. It is from that church this parish got its name. It was founded by Saint Conal it was he who founded Kilconnell.
    It is said that they passed through Skyvalley and that the path is to be seen yet. It is said that there were trees growing on the old road and that they hung a priest's head on one of them and from that out no leaves grew on it.
    The famine affected this district very much. The potato was the principal crop it destroyed. They had to eat nettles and all sorts of weeds. Many people
    Written by Rosie Moore
    Chapel St
    Taughmaconnell
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Taghmaconnell, Co. Roscommon