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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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    let in the food to her.
    She was kept in the room for five years until one day her mother was informed that there was a friar in Loughrea that would cure her. It took sixteen of the strongest men in the parish to bring her in. The friar cured her but she had a hump for the rest of her life.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Fallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Emlagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Peter Fallon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emlagh, Co. Galway