School: Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)

Location:
Neale, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 247

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  1. Story of Donnelly
    There was a very brave man named Donnelly living in this parish about a hundred years ago. His father and mother were nothing but a very poor couple, and had no means of livelihood at all except their work from day to day.
    Shawn was the name of his father. He met a gentleman one morning, when the gentleman was going out hunting. He saluted Shawn as he was going out into the yard in the morning.
    "Do you think, Shawn" says he "that there will be any horse-man in the company better than myself?"
    "I know a woman," said Shawn "who is within three months of the birth of her child who would run against yourself and your horse"
    The gentleman thought, from the talk that Shawn had, that it was a disparaging remark and he was giving him "By the Deer," says he,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Conroy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Carn, Co. Mayo