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School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)

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Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 553

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  1. How I Came to be Called 'Pilot' (continued)

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  2. A Famous Poteen-Maker

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    About twenty years ago there was a great poteen-maker in Glenree called Joe Mullarkey or Joe "Jameson" as some called him.
    He was a carpenter by trade and could make anything from a still to a coffin.
    He brewed his poteen in Broca Dubh a lonely spot in the Sliabh Gamh mountains which form the eastern boundary of Glenree.
    He made it from brown sugar, yeast and treacle.
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