School: Ceapach Chuinn (B.) (roll number 1936)

Location:
Cappoquin, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Laoghaire
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    One day a woman was down catching small fry with a bucket and a rope tied to it.

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    able to go out the door.

    (My grandfather Tom Kean told me this story.
    Thomas McCarthy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Long ago the Seanabhests and the Carabhats used to come to the "Cats" * to fight. They used to use sticks and stones and often killed one another with them. The Carabhats generally won. The girls used to come to see the fights. One day Tom O'Donnell's mother [since dead] saved the life of a Carabhat. The man's name was John Fox. He was attacked by all the Seanabhests and he would have been killed if Mrs. O'Donnell hadn't thrown herself on him to protect him when he was lying unconscious.
    The two factions often went to Mountain Castle * to fight and it was seldom any man left the fair without getting some kind of a blow.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. factions (~230)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Conway
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Tom O' Donnell
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Cappoquin, Co. Waterford