School: Tiercahan

Location:
Tircahan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 323

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0968, Page 323

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  2. On this night the young people gather up turf, sticks and heather, and made a great fire that lasted till past mid-night. They sang, danced, and played themselves till tired. Every district had a fire. The fire in this part was at the ''Bars'' beside Tiercahan School. They make the fire there still on the 23rd May. Old people each has a fire in his own land, (it wouldnt be counted lucky if he hadnt) and he carries some of the burned cipeens to his crop field so as to give him a good yield.
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