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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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    scene also. He told the soldiers not to cut the 'couple', but they wouldn't listen to him and cut it in the middle. Strange to say the house did not fall for a few days. They cut the 'couple' in MacGonagles' house because they had refused to go out when ordered.
    The soldiers and police remained in the district for a week. At night they stayed in Moville and came out around Carrowmena in the daytime. After a week they all went back to Derry. None of the people went back to their houses, but they worked on their land by stealth. For a while the sheriff used to come out every day in the forenoon to see that no one would go back again to the houses.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rose Breslin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ceathrú Bhleathach nó Leic Éime, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Neil Mac Gonagle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Ceathrú Meánach, Co. Dhún na nGall