School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
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- (continued from previous page)John Fáda proper name Smith
Pat Mór " " Smith
John Stonewall " " Coyle.
Paddy Steely " " Welsh.
John the Fiddler " " Smith
Tom the Poet. Some of his ancestors was a Poet, and the name is still remembered.
Mich Farrely, There are a lot of Smiths in the parish and it is just a name to know the difference between the families.
John Fáda. He is a very tall man.
Pat Mór. His father was a big man.
John the Fiddler. He was a fiddler. - The late Bishop Leslie was my Grandfather's Landlord, and he was the hardest Landlord in Ireland. He would put a man out if he owed one year's rent. For cutting one tree on the land he was going to put my Grandfather out. That was why the people hated Landlords. Fane Venable was his agent.
- Collector
- Sylvia Lockington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellanacargy, Co. Cavan
- I live near a very ancient graveyard. It is so old that the first tombstones are made of wood, in the shape of a cross. And no writing is on them. Both Roman Catholics and Protestants bury there The reason is that the(continues on next page)