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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963

Local Happenings

The story on this page has been taken from the Dúchas web site, page http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044787/5038109/5084433 and pages following. An image of the original manuscript can be viewed on the Dúchas page as well as more detailed information about the informant and recorder of the story.
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Many drownings did not happen in this district
One happened in Brackley Lough one day a man was bathing at the boathouse he fell in and was drowned There is a little well about a mile from Bawnboy and a man was got dead in it, it is thought that he was drunk. There are not many serious burnings to be heard of except one which happened in Tomena school. The night before the burning, cries were heard around the school. It happened on a Sunday morning. A woman named Mrs. McManus had two children living with her in the school and they burned to death.

Collector: Brigid Mc Govern
Address: Derryvahan, Co. Cavan
Informant: Mrs King
Age: 82
Address: Derrynacreeve, Co. Cavan
School: Tomena
Teacher: T. Mac Uidhir (Chris Maguire)

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Thanks to Bernadette McGovern who transcribed this and a great many other pages of the The Schools' Collection, from the National Folklore Collection Archives.

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