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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 151

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    An old man was dying in a place near Buncrana called Kinnego and he owned bullocks or so he called them stirks. All his relations were round his bed when he was dying and there was about thirty of them. Each one wanted to be left the to bullocks. Then as the man saw they were all fighting for the bullocks he said, "Hell to my soul, if I thought I would get grazing for them where I am going I would take them with me."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Corney Fraser
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Maggie Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal