School: Ganntaigh (Ganty)
- Location:
- Ganty, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Sorcha Bean Uí Chlúin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0212
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Another Old Story
“There was once a man living in Kilchreest who was very fond of getting drunk, and the Parish Priest, Father Cassidy was always telling him to stop drinking, or the devil would get the better of him.”
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Another old Story
There was once a man living in Kilchreest who was very fond of getting drunk, and the Parish Priest, Father Cassio was always telling him to stop drinking, or the devil would get the better of him. One night he was out very late and when he was coming home he fell asleep in the car. The jennet walked straight up to his door. The young boys took the jennet out from the car and brought him into the kitchen. They took the wheels from under the car and brought the car into the house and put the wheels under it again, and put the man up on the car. When the man woke up in the morning he found himself in the car, and he went to the priest and told him where he(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Thomas Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Craughwell, Co. Galway