School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_048

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054B, Page 09_048

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  1. There is an old road running from Gweebara bridge to Ballinacarrick. It is an old “Relief Road”. There were a few men working on that road that used to keep their lunch for their children who were starving and they used to go down to the strand themselves and pick mussels and other shell fish and eat them raw. Their
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Ghiolla Riadaí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Neice McCready
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal