School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 438
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- There is a road in Lioss called the Bog road. It got its name because there is a bog each side of it. It is also a lonely road, because long ago there was a man shot on it named Tarleton. This man was very cruel but he was clever in other ways. In the year 1916 he fought with the Black and Tans. So he was not long fighting with them till he fell out with them and went away. Ever after the Tans tried to shoot him but it was all in vain, because they never got the chance. One day as Tarleton was walking about a field, the tans came and shot him. A long time afterwards a man was coming home from rambling named Jim Cortlan, he was coming near this place, when all of a sudden he heard(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddie Mara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullywood, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Patrick Mara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullywood, Co. Westmeath
