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School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 058

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    There was once a king who had three sons. He lived with them for many years. He was always correcting them. At the age of seventy he got sick. Still he kept correcting them. Two of the sons were thirty and the other was twenty. The three sons were fighting to see which would be king when their father would die.
    This day the king was ready to die. He called his sons and told
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Rose Reid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath