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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

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Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
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Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 213

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  1. An Old Story (continued)

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    murder him. When he had the castle nearly finished he said he should go home for a tool to finish it, but the lord said his son should go. The Gobán Saor sent a message to his wife to let the boy bend down to the bottom of the box and tell him the tool was in the box and trow him in and hold him there until he would arrive home safely. He would then let the kings son off.
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  2. Old Irish Tales

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    King Connor Mac Nessa wished Deirdre to be his queen but she fell in love with Naoise a Bed Branch Knight. She married Naoise and they had some years of happiness in Scotland. King Connor invited them back from Scotland and slew them.
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  3. A Song

    “Oh boys we are living in strange times”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Kilkenny