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School: Lanesboro

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Lanesborough, Co. Longford
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E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 309

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    “They made their own baskets and creels with sally-rods.”

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    They used to fish (until) with a line and hook also with nets. They used to shoot wild fowl on the Shannon. Mr Tara Murphy Barnassa was a great thatcher They made fruit and clothes baskets.
    Betty Gibbons, Clonflower, Lanesboro
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    “There were people living in Lanesboro named O'Connors...”

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    The following account of the Penal days was told by
    Mr John Murphy
    Lanesboro
    Co Longford
    4th Nov 1938
    There were people living in Lanesboro named O'Connors their brother was killed with a lot of other men in the battle of Ballinamuck by the English forces. His brother and a friend went to Ballinamuck the net morning looking for the body which they found in the battle
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr John Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    34
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford