School: An Cheapach (roll number 14508)
- Location:
- An Cheapach, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh
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- There was no school here before Cappagh. They used to go around teaching in barns. There was a man going round called O'Dowd teaching in barns. There was another man going round called Malinn. The scholars brougth him a penny each week.
- There was in Ireland long ago a great Famine. The people died of hunger. The had to eat Indian meal.
Around that time the priests were not allowed to say Mass. There was Mass said in a few houses in Lissavruggy. There was a mass said in Dan Mac Cormac's house in Lissavruggy. - There was a fox one time. One night he saw a barn door open. He went in and could not get out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Lohan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13