School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 129
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- Therre is a man who lives in Attanagh, Ballyragget Co. Kilkenny whose name is Patrick Dooley. He is a great runner and every year he runs in the cross country race of three miles in Dublin. There lived in Grange in the parish of Lisdowney Co. Kilkenny a great dancer whose name was John Brennan. There lived in Rathbeagh in the parish of Lisdowney Co. Kilkenny a man whose name was Morris. Every Sunday he walked from Rathbeagh to Tipperary a distance of about thirty miles. There also lived in Parksgrove in the parish of Lisdowney Co. Kilkenny a man named Jerry Paddle who often walked to Dublin. He started after his supper and took two weeks to go there. James Murphy a man who worked at Marun's Lisdowney was a great storyteller and his favourite storys were about foolish men and foolish women.
- Once there was a man praying in a church and he fell asleep. During the night he awoke and saw a priest on the altar. The priest beckoned to him and asked him to serve(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
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- Mrs Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
