School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

Location:
Culfadda, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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    but he declared that he would leave Ireland to its shame if he did not get to the King's ear Luckily he was heard + was given free leave of action. Next morning by the bodagh's command the head professors in latin, Greek, + Hebrew went clad in old rag's + he led them out along the road to the harbour They came to the crossroads before the chief college of Ireland, and there the bodagh set the Hebrew professor on a heap of stones with a hammer + told him to chip away he also whispered secret directions in the learned man's ear which caused him to grin exceedingly. At the next crossroads - the bodagh planted the Greek professor in like
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Killoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Battlefield, Co. Sligo