School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 100
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- In Ballinamuck long ago there lived a blacksmith named Frank Furey. He was a grand father to Patrick Furey the present blacksmith of Ballinamuck. His weight was eight stone and he was able to carry a forty stone sack of oats. At that time sacks were made out of linen.
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“The first pair of boots Edward Flynn of Gaigue got was a pair of his mothers and that year he walked to the harvest in Dublin.”
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- Patrick O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Edward Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
