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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
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P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 281

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    About the year 1840 there resided in the townland of Tierworker, about three miles from Bailieboro, a young man named Patt Gargan. He assisted his brother, Michael, at the shoe-making trade, shooting was his favourite pastime, and one morning while on one of these expeditions, he observed an abnormally large hare on the summit of the Tieworker Mountain. A quick shot and a sure aim, he fired at the hare but missed and pussy succeeded in making her escape. He visited the mountain early
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. J. Gaynor
    Occupation
    Journalist
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan