School: Ballyvaldon (roll number 10792)
- Location:
- Ballyvaldon, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)his own kitchen floor "spouting" poetry. A man John Byrne, a shoe-maker, sat on one side of the fire, and Owen's wife on the other. Byrne began to laugh and to ridicule O'Leary's poetry while his wife fell half-asleep in the corner.
At last Owen grew very angry and went outside and said in a voice audible to the pair inside.
"Woe to the Leary sleepers
And to the mis-believers"
- Although this incident occurred as far back as 1828, it is known in detail all along this coast. Three men, two brothers Kinsella and a man named Sinnott set out for Wexford in a fishing cot, with a cargo of grain in sacks. It was late Autumn. By the time they reached the entrance to the harbour of Wexford a heavy sea was running and they did not dare venture their heavily laden craft through the surging waters.A large schooner happened to be enering the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Stephen Furlong
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Ballyvoodock, Co. Wexford
