School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)
- Location:
- Galbally, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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- There lived in Galbally, Bree Macmine, twenty years ago a man named Seán Mernagh who was working with Rev. Father Sinnot there. Nicholas Fortune, Barmoney, Bree, Co. Wexford sent him on a message to Thomas Asple, Ballhogue, Co. Wexford one evening. He had a new bicycle which belonged to Father Sinnot that evening. He went with the message and when he was coming back that evening he ran into a hawthorn at the end of Andy's Lane nearest to Swan's shop.
When he ran into the hawthorn his skull was split and the bicycle was broken in a thousand pieces.
He was a brave man : he got up and carried the pieces of the bicycle upon his shoulder up to Nicholas Fortune's house. When he went into the yard he lay down at the wheel of Mr. Fortune's car. Mr. Fortune came out, and asked him what was the matter with him, and he said "The dog." Then he said no more only died. Mr. Fortune did(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Stasia Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haystown, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Joseph Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Haystown, Co. Wexford
