School: Breaffy (roll number 15555)
- Location:
- Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 202
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- (continued from previous page)the hide, but he said he wanted the price and the hide.
She gave him the price of the hide and she took the wool off the hide and kept it. When he went home to the Goban he was very pleased and he said the girl to whom he sold the hide would have to be his wife. They both got married and lived happily together.
It was the Goban Saor who built the tower of Killala. One day as he set upon the journey on the road. The Goban Saor said to his son, "Shorten the road."(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Pat Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
