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School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

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Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
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  1. Another Version of the Flood in Cladach

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    Lucy was a farmer from Doire Réidh near Ballyvourney that got half of Claydagh, which was confiscated land. He had a workman names O'Dowd who had three sons. O'Dowd died, and his three sons grew up with three sons of Lucy. The O'Dowds were better men than Lucy's sons, and Lucy was very jealous of them. They worked for Lucy, and he grew to hate them when he knew they were better than his own sons. At that time any man who would kill a sheep would get
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. rain and floods (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Scannell
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Hollymount, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Humphrey Moynihan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Shrone Beg, Co. Kerry