School: Arva (C.)
- Location:
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Govern
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- (continued from previous page)When your country upon you did call,
- The local landlord long ago was Lord Gosford the Earl of Gosford and his name was the Right Honourable Archibald Sparrow Brabazon. He was a very good landlord and the people all liked him. His people were settled in the district for generations.
There is a story told about how his ancestors got possession of the lands. In Cromwell's time when he was dividing the land among his own followers one of his soldiers got a lot of land in the district. He was coming to see it and he met a man riding a horse and he asked him the way. When he heard where the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kitty Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr M. Dowling
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Arvagh, Co. Cavan