School: Sruthán an Aifrinn (roll number 13982)

Location:
Massbrook Lower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 347

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  1. Many hundred years ago their lived in this district a magic boar. Every day he use to be going about the place and no one was able to kill him.
    At last Cú Cullan came to hear of the magic boar and one day himself and his two best hounds named Conn and Cúllan came in search of it.
    They were not long searching when they came across him. The boar ran and ran and still the dogs kept after it. They fought with the boar and still they could not kill him.
    When the boar was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Mulhern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofeenaun, Co. Mayo