School: Ceapach Chuinn (B.) (roll number 1936)
- Location:
- Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0637, Page 44
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- (continued from previous page)driven gentry to balls or parties in Tourin House and any other jarveys and myself would never drive a grey horse to Tourin because of the trouble we would have with him. He would be fidgetting and restless until we got out of it. [Michael Walsh, since dead, told my father this story]
- In Ballysagare there lived three landlords named Ussher Kiely. The three of them were brothers and they were all called Ussher. They were terrible tyrants and they evicted people every time they got the chance, and allowed no one near their land. Of the many stories told about their cruelty here is one:
On Ussher's land there is a Spring well. A very old, goodliving woman lived near the place. One day she had no water. The nearest place she could(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tom O' Donnell
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
