School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)

Location:
Cross, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Mac Niocail
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  1. Some eighty years ago there lived at Ballymagibbon House near Cross, Claremorris, Co. Mayo a gentleman named John Fynn. Fynn was a noted proselytiyer and was head of Dippers. On his estate was a large peat bog which was reached by a road which ran by his demesne. In this bog many of the country people got their supplies of turf.
    One evening as a turf cutter named Larry was returning from the bog one of Fynn's preachers was on the road
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Maguire
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cross, Co. Mayo