School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0169
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“One of the greatest events that happened in this place happened about sixty years ago in the year 1878 some of the people of the villages and the neighbouring towns organised a race.”
One of the greatest events that happened in this place happened about sixty years ago in the year 1878 some of the people of the villages and the neighbouring towns organised a race.
The race was run in a field some ten or twelve hundred yards from my house. They were called "The Races of Hollowbleach or Rasai gleann na Tuir". The valley around my place was afterwards called Gleann na Tuir.
A man came out from Dunmore and he had a tent and was selling drink for the day. All the Dunmores marched in procession from the town.
After the day a famous ballad was composed by a man(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway
