School: Gort Inse Guaire
- Location:
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Teacher: P. Ó hÉanacháin
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- (continued from previous page)James Darcy of Sheehan was digging a grave for the corpse. He met with a hare on the way. He brought the hare home with him.
A Story
Long ago there was a giant living near Westport. He had three brothers. This giant killed a cow every day. He had a servant man. The man got the soup, and the giant eat the meat. One day he saw that the man had more knowledge than himself. He gave the man some of the meat. Then he asked the man how he liked the meat. The man said " What ever good the meat is the soup is better". The four giants are buried between Westport and Crough Patrick. Their graves took up an acre. Their headstones are to be seen there yet.
- In the town land of be Ballysheedy there is an old village called Cruac Mavoe. A family lived there named Morans. In 1846 in the bad times the two brothers stole sheep and killed them.
