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School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

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Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Craith
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    An Old Story
    About sixty years ago a saintly blind man belonging to a respectable family lived in or around the locality of Gooldscross. He was very active ad so on many ocassions vaulted over two horses side by side each sixteen hands high. He used to place his two hands on the shoulder of the near horse and clear over the two of them. he had no fixed place of residence, and so used to roam about in a certain area. he was missing for a few days and the people who knew him were very uneasy and nobody could any tidings of his whereabouts. One night a large light was seen on the top of a lime kiln about two hundred yards in: in a large field, in the townland of Piercestown adjoining Goolds'cross. A number of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Heney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toureen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Timothy Heney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Toureen, Co. Tipperary