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School: Clonoulty (roll number 578)

Location:
Clonoulty, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Timothy Gleeson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0584, Page 033

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    Galloping O'Hogan
    When Galloping O'Hogan was a boy, he was apprenticed to a blacksmith named Barry who lived in Ballycahill. One day a trooper came to get his horse shod. While he was waiting he went to an alehouse to get some refreshments. When the horse was shod, Hogan went for a gallop. The trooper returned to the forge. And when Hogan returned the trooper threatened to blow out his brains. There was a revolver
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Edmond Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyaliff, Co. Tipperary