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School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)

Location:
Banagher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Hairt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 238

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  1. The Closed Room of Castlelackan

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    Long ago there lived a young Colonel in the castle of Lacken. There was a priest and a clerk coming up the road and the priest said to the clerk that the young colonel's father was in hell. The young Colonel was listening to them.
    One day the Colonel asked the priest and the clerk to dinner and it was on a Friday and he had meat for dinner, but the priest would not eat it.
    The young colonel said that he would shoot him if he didn't and so the priest turned the meat into fish.
    After dinner they began to tell stories and the young colonel told how the priest and the clerk came up the road and said that his
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Castlelackan Demesne, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Kathleen Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowtrasna, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    20
    Address
    Foghill, Co. Mayo