School: The Rower (C.), Inistioge (roll number 15161)

Location:
The Rower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Labhaoise Nic Liam
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  3. XML “The Leprechaun”
  4. XML “A Mermaid”

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  2. One beautiful evening in June as the sun was sinking behind the hills and casting long shadows on the water. Luck Grace, Tinniscully The Rower, was fishing near a big hollow rock beside the River Barrow. As the evening was very still he heard a faint lapping sound beneath the rock
    From his party concealed position he looked in the direction from whence the sound had come and he beheld a beautiful maiden with long golden hair swimming beneath the rock. As the tide was
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