School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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- (continued from previous page)bu he died in about a week.
Corrigan's Fort in the townland of Oakwood is a small fort surrounded by whins and bushes. The fort is divided into little oblongs and in the middle of each oblong there is a large boulder. One day as a man was cutting whins in it there came a gust of wind and it lifted dust and whins thorns and struck the man in the face. It blinded him and it was only after an hour or so that he could see anything.
Philip Baxter
Age 14 years on the 6th October 1987
Got from Joseph Baxter Aged 68 years- Collector
- Philip Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
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- Joseph Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68