School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)
- Location:
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0625, Page 331
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There was a man named Michael Killeen and he lived in Bealatha. He jumped from one wall of the bridge in Bealatha to the middle of the road and from that into the field at the other. These words were printed on the side of the bridge :- "Michael Killeen.Two leaps". He had a sister named Bridgt Killeen and she owned a shop.
One morning she got up and she started off to Limerick walking. She came home that night with two stone of tobacco and she went off to a dance immediately. She came next morning. She had an uncle named Michael Killeen. Some people at Johnny Downes' made a bet with him if he ate three grinders of bread with his hands tied behind his back while a young boy was running down and up.(continues on next page)
