School: Móta Ghráinne Óige
- Location:
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Innse
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“There is a forth just behind our house and there were two bands of people fighting and everyone that was killed in the battle were burried and a tree planted over them ...”
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“There was a man named Kelly who lived in Cloncha.”
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