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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 507

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    He said that he had the fish well earned himself and not to be giving them to him. Then the two of them began fighting. The young boy was an over match for the chieftain. The he saw he was getting weak he said, "Dead or alive, I will knock it out of you."
    Then the young boy said, "I don't care for you, dead or alive." He killed the Chieftan.
    Some time afterwards he was in Killala. He went across Cortoon to go across the ferry going to Castlemagee. As he was going across the ferry he meet the Chieftan's ghost on the strand.
    The two of them began fighting. They spent the whole
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo