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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 0144, Page 512

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    There was a Red Colonel in Castle Lacken, and he was a very bad man. His land was coming down to the strand where the poor people used to cross to Mass they used to have to take off their shoes, and they used to go in on his land to put them on. So when he see that he built a big wall so that they couldnt get in and they had to put them on the strand.
    So this day his work men
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs J. Duggan
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygarry, Co. Mayo