School: Cloonagh Boys' National School

Location:
Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
P. O Braonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0176

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  1. The name of the Landlord of Cully was "Michael Kane.
    He was a real tyrant and he lived in Dublin, but he had an agent in Cully named Molloy and his agent was by far worse than the landlord himself.
    Molloy used to go across river and gathered all the cattle he wanted.
    One day he came to the bank of the river there was a large flood but he got a man to carry him across the river.
    When he was coming home with his prey he got a young man whom he took cattle from to carry him.
    When he got "Molloy"in the middle of river he threw him in the water saying go down
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Cahill
    Gender
    Male