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School: Glasthule (St Joseph's Boys)

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Glasthule, Co. Dublin
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P. Ó Cuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0796, Page 157

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    On the Ballinaclay road there is a house and acres of land owned by a man named Mr. Barry.
    Years ago the house and land was owned by a Mrs. Blacker Douglas, who was saved from that ill-fated ship the "Leinster".
    One day a man who was working for Mrs. Douglas, was going to plough the field, when he thought he heard a voice saying in his ear, "don't plough the field". he paid no heed to the warning but said that it was his imagination. He got the horses and plough ready, he
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Glasthule, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Michael O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male