School: Baile Ard
- Location:
- An Baile Ard, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 017
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“Long ago there was a man living in this district named John Reilly. He was very poor and when he was about twenty seven years he went to England and after a couple of years he came home and he built a big house in Glascloune.”
Long ago there was a man living in this district named John Reilly. He was very poor and when he was about twenty seven years he went to England and after a couple of years he came home and he built a big house in Glascloune.
The people did not know where he got all the money. Some people say he earned it and others said he found a pot of gold under a tree There was no body living with him except a butler and a man for cleaning the yard It was very seldom that John Reilly was seen walking around Then the butler left him and after a while the other man left him too. He then live alone(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Veronica Flynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Baile Ard, Co. an Chláir